The Evaluation Complementary Spirit Therapy

Summary

Background: Complementary Spiritist Therapy (ECT) based on a range of therapeutic resources including prayer, spiritist "passe", fluidotherapy (fluidic water or magnetized water), spirit education. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of ECT in individuals at UFTM Hospital de Clínicas.

Methods: Randomized controlled trial, patients were randomly. Patients will then be allocated into groups:

* The group submitted to ECT (prayer, spiritual education, spiritist "passe" and fluidized water or prayer or spiritist "passe" or laying on of hands with intent to heal or laying on of hands with intent to heal or fluidized water or no-fluidized water or Control group (CG) will not be submitted to any intervention.

Conditions

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Pain
• Well-being
• Stress

Interventions

OTHER

Complementary Spiritist Therapy

Complementary Spiritist Therapy: 1. Prayer: for 1 to 2 minutes. 2. Spiritual education: reading and commentary of the Gospel according to Spiritism, about 7 minutes. 3. Spiritist "passe, for 2-min. 4. Fluid therapy.

OTHER

Prayer

Individuals will receive prayer during 1 to 2 minutes.

OTHER

Spiritist "passe"

Individuals will receive Spiritist "passe" during 5 to 10 minutes.

OTHER

laying on of hands with intent to heal

Individuals will receive laying on of hands with intent to heal during 5 to 10 minutes.

OTHER

Fluid therapy.

Individuals will receive fluid therapy.

OTHER

No-fluid therapy.

Individuals will receive no-fluid therapy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidade Federal do Triangulo Mineiro

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Élida M Carneiro, PhD · Spiritist Medical Association of Uberaba

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2015-09-10

Primary Completion

2018-04-09

Completion

2025-12-30

Countries

• Brazil

Study Locations