Reiki as a Complementary Therapy: A Pilot Study
| Status: | Not yet recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Blood Cancer |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Oncology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 2/7/2015 |
| Start Date: | September 2014 |
| Contact: | Elizabeth Scala, MSN |
| Email: | escala1@jhmi.edu |
| Phone: | (410) 955-5000 |
This research is being done to test whether a complementary intervention, Reiki therapy, can
provide added benefits to the standard patient care. Reiki is method for stress reduction
that uses hand positions over and/or on the body to help people relax.
We are studying the effect of a 15-minute Reiki application compared to an intervention of
nursing presence without Reiki. We hope to find if Reiki can assist in relieving stress, and
improving patient outcomes. In the future we would like to offer complementary interventions
as an adjunct to our standard care for patients.
provide added benefits to the standard patient care. Reiki is method for stress reduction
that uses hand positions over and/or on the body to help people relax.
We are studying the effect of a 15-minute Reiki application compared to an intervention of
nursing presence without Reiki. We hope to find if Reiki can assist in relieving stress, and
improving patient outcomes. In the future we would like to offer complementary interventions
as an adjunct to our standard care for patients.
This pilot study is designed to test if a complementary therapy, Reiki, has an effect on
physiological and subjective measures of stress. This is a 2-arm randomized pilot study of
the use of Reiki therapy prior to a stressful event with a convenience sample of 40
participants who are newly diagnosed hematologic malignancy patients on the inpatient
service who will experience bone marrow aspirate post induction chemotherapy. Reiki
therapy is a non-invasive complementary therapy that can be used in addition to the standard
of care. The intervention group will receive a 15-minute Reiki session and the control
group will receive 15 minutes of nursing presence. Each study arm includes a brief item
questionnaire to rank subjective measures of pain, anxiety, and energy; saliva biological
markers related to stress-reduction; and measures of blood pressure, heart rate, and
respirations. The intervention group will receive a 15-minute intervention performed on the
inpatient unit prior to the bone marrow aspirate procedure. Data will be collected from
patients both before and after the intervention and before and after the bone marrow
aspirate. We will collect saliva samples from the control group and baseline data including
subjective measures of pain, anxiety and energy and measures of blood pressure, heart rate,
and respirations. The study nurse will maintain presence in the control participant's room
for 15-minutes after the initial measures.
Our research hypothesis is that there will be a change in the response to one or more
parameters of physiological or subjective measures for those patients receiving a Reiki
intervention when compared to those receiving standard of care plus the nurse presence in
room.
The null hypothesis is there will be no difference in response between the groups.
physiological and subjective measures of stress. This is a 2-arm randomized pilot study of
the use of Reiki therapy prior to a stressful event with a convenience sample of 40
participants who are newly diagnosed hematologic malignancy patients on the inpatient
service who will experience bone marrow aspirate post induction chemotherapy. Reiki
therapy is a non-invasive complementary therapy that can be used in addition to the standard
of care. The intervention group will receive a 15-minute Reiki session and the control
group will receive 15 minutes of nursing presence. Each study arm includes a brief item
questionnaire to rank subjective measures of pain, anxiety, and energy; saliva biological
markers related to stress-reduction; and measures of blood pressure, heart rate, and
respirations. The intervention group will receive a 15-minute intervention performed on the
inpatient unit prior to the bone marrow aspirate procedure. Data will be collected from
patients both before and after the intervention and before and after the bone marrow
aspirate. We will collect saliva samples from the control group and baseline data including
subjective measures of pain, anxiety and energy and measures of blood pressure, heart rate,
and respirations. The study nurse will maintain presence in the control participant's room
for 15-minutes after the initial measures.
Our research hypothesis is that there will be a change in the response to one or more
parameters of physiological or subjective measures for those patients receiving a Reiki
intervention when compared to those receiving standard of care plus the nurse presence in
room.
The null hypothesis is there will be no difference in response between the groups.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients 18 and older admitted to hospital
- Speak English
- Able to give consent will be included.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who are under 18
- Non-English speaking
- Unable to consent
- Pregnant women
- Unwilling to join the study will be excluded
- Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients and those patients scheduled to receive conscious
sedation will be excluded.
- Each patient may join the pilot study only once
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