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- Title
Investigation of Standard Care Versus Sham Reiki Placebo Versus Actual Reiki Therapy to Enhance Comfort and Well-Being in a Chemotherapy Infusion Center.
- Authors
Catlin, Anita; Taylor-Ford, Rebecca L.
- Abstract
Purpose/Objectives: To determine whether provision of Reiki therapy during outpatient chemotherapy is associated with increased comfort and well-being.Design: Double-blind, randomized clinical controlled trial.Setting: Outpatient chemotherapy center.Sample: 189 participants were randomized to actual Reiki, sham Reiki placebo, or standard care.Methods: Patients receiving chemotherapy were randomly placed into one of three groups. Patients received either standard care, a placebo, or an actual Reiki therapy treatment. A demographic tool and pre- and post-tests were given before and after chemotherapy infusion.Main Research Variables: Reiki therapy, sham Reiki placebo therapy, standard care, and self-reported levels of comfort and well-being pre- and postintervention.Findings: Although Reiki therapy was statistically significant in raising the comfort and well-being of patients post-therapy, the sham Reiki placebo also was statistically significant. Patients in the standard care group did not experience changes in comfort and well-being during their infusion session.Conclusions: The findings indicate that the presence of an RN providing one-on-one support during chemotherapy was influential in raising comfort and well-being levels, with or without an attempted healing energy field.Implications for Nursing: An attempt by clinic nurses to provide more designated one-to-one presence and support for patients while receiving their chemotherapy infusions could increase patient comfort and well-being.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; ANALYSIS of variance; CANCER chemotherapy; ONCOLOGY nursing; CANCER patients; CANCER patient medical care; CONCEPTUAL structures; STATISTICAL correlation; HUMAN comfort; NURSES; PHILOSOPHY of nursing; PLACEBOS; REIKI (Healing system); RESEARCH funding; STATISTICAL sampling; SCALE analysis (Psychology); SELF-evaluation; STATISTICS; WELL-being; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; PRE-tests &; post-tests; BLIND experiment
- Publication
Oncology Nursing Forum, 2011, Vol 38, Issue 3, pE212
- ISSN
0190-535X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1188/11.ONF.E212-E220