Effects of Reiki Intervention During Labor on Pain, Fear, and Birth Experience

NCT06700473 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2024/303
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 54
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Childbirth is an important and often stressful experience for many women, and labor pain is common among women. While labor pain is a natural part of the birth process, its severity and management can have a significant impact on an expectant mother's overall health and birth experience. Studies examining the effects of Reiki on alleviating the pain and fear experienced by pregnant women during labor are limited. In this context, understanding the effects of Reiki practices in the birth process may be important for both clinical practice and future research.

Conditions

Labour

Keywords

Reiki, Labour Pain, Delivery, Birth Experience, Fear

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• labour pain

  reduction of labor pain Visual Analog Scale (VAS) (Annex-2): Visual Analog Scale (VAS) is a scale developed by Price et al. in 1983 and used to measure pain intensity and for pain monitoring. The VAS is 10 cm long and the two ends are named differently. On the scale, '0' indicates no pain and '10' indicates the most severe level of pain. VAS is a measurement tool that is frequently and reliably used to assess labor pain (Price et al., 1983; Mutlu \& Özkaya, 2021). VAS measurement data will be used to test hypothesis H1. After the primiparous pregnant women included in the study were assigned to the reiki intervention and control groups, the scale will be applied to measure the pretest data when the cervical opening was 4-5 cm before any intervention was applied and to ensure pain equivalence in the groups.

  5 hours

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• labour fear

  5 hours

• birth memory

  5 hours

Study Arms (2)

Reiki

EXPERIMENTAL

Before the intervention, when their cervical dilatation is 4-5 cm, EC-1, EC-2 and EC-3 will be applied to pregnant women in all groups. After the initial data collection, the researcher TC will apply reiki for approximately 15-20 minutes to pregnant women in the reiki group with cervical dilatation of 4-5 cm. Immediately after the first intervention, the second EC-2 and EC-3 measurements will be performed. The third EC-2 and EC-3 measurements will be performed when the cervical dilatation is 6-7 cm and then the fourth EC-2 and EC-3 measurements will be performed after 15 minutes of reiki application. The fifth EC-2 and EC-3 measurements will be performed when the cervical dilatation is 8-9 cm, followed by 15 minutes of reiki and the sixth EC-2 and EC-3 measurements. The final data will be collected one hour after delivery of the placenta with the seventh VAS measurement and EK-4. The EC-4 will also be re-evaluated by the researchers online at the sixth postpartum week.

Other: reiki

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Pregnant women in the control group will receive routine midwifery care during labor. Both groups will not receive any non-pharmacologic intervention for pain management. All women will receive one-to-one support from midwives during labor.

Interventions

reiki OTHER

Before the intervention, when their cervical dilatation is 4-5 cm, EC-1, EC-2 and EC-3 will be applied to pregnant women in all groups. After the initial data collection, the researcher TC will apply reiki for approximately 15-20 minutes to pregnant women in the reiki group with cervical dilatation of 4-5 cm. Immediately after the first intervention, the second EC-2 and EC-3 measurements will be performed. The third EC-2 and EC-3 measurements will be performed when the cervical dilatation is 6-7 cm and then the fourth EC-2 and EC-3 measurements will be performed after 15 minutes of reiki application. The fifth EC-2 and EC-3 measurements will be performed when the cervical dilatation is 8-9 cm, followed by 15 minutes of reiki and the sixth EC-2 and EC-3 measurements. The final data will be collected one hour after delivery of the placenta with a seventh VAS measurement and administration of the EC-4. The EC-4 will also be reassessed by the researchers online at six weeks postpartum

Reiki

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 35 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: women as labor will take place
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Between the ages of 18 and 35, primiparous, singular primarily experiencing pregnancy, without risky pregnancy status (GDM, HT, etc.), during the birth week, literate Speaks and understands Turkish, 4 cm cervical dilatation

You may not qualify if:

• To have attended a childbirth preparation course, Knowledge of coping with labor pain and fear of childbirth during pregnancy, Presence of chronic disease in the mother, Previous uterine surgery, Having become pregnant through assisted reproductive technologies, Hearing problems Being diagnosed with a known serious psychiatric illness.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa: lead

Study Sites (1)

İstanbul Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesi

Istanbul, Zeytinburnu, 34020, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Isbir GG, Sercekus P. The Effects of Intrapartum Supportive Care on Fear of Delivery and Labor Outcomes: A Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial. J Nurs Res. 2017 Apr;25(2):112-119. doi: 10.1097/JNR.0000000000000129.

  PMID: 28277391 BACKGROUND

Related Links

• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28277391/

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Labor Pain

Interventions

Therapeutic Touch

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mind-Body Therapies; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics; Spiritual Therapies

Study Officials

• Uncu

  Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Comert

  Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: After being randomized as experimental and control groups, primiparous pregnant women will be prevented from interacting with each other in order not to be affected by the interventions.
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD Candidate

Model Details: Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 20, 2024
• First Posted: November 22, 2024
• Study Start: November 2, 2024
• Primary Completion: April 2, 2025
• Study Completion: May 2, 2025
• Last Updated: November 26, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)