Reiki as a Complementary Therapy: A Pilot Study

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Conditions studied: Hematologic Malignancy

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02207764

Run by

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

People needed

0

Starts

2014-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-12-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients 18 and older admitted to hospital
• Speak English
• Able to give consent will be included.

You may not qualify if…

• 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

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins Hospital — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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