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The Effects of Reiki and Back Massage on the Pain and Vital Signs

NCT04861753 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 102

Last updated 2021-04-27

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Summary

The practice of Reiki and back massage applications in support of pharmacological treatment is among the nursing initiatives and these practices increase the autonomy of the profession. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of Reiki and back massage on pain, analgesic use and vital signs in women who had undergone open abdominal hysterectomy. This was an experimental study with a single, blinded, pretest-posttest control group. The population of the study consisted of women who had abdominal hysterectomy in the Obstetrics Clinics at Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital and Dicle University Hospital between July 2017 and February 2018. The patients were divided into three groups: Reiki, back massage and control, with 34 patients in each group. Reiki or back massage were applied for 20 minutes once a day to the patients in the Reiki and back massage groups.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Reiki and back massage

In the current study, at the beginning of the treatment, the researcher held his hands 2-3 cm above the patient sand adjusted the aura of the patient by making circular movements from the head to the feet. After this process of aura attunement, the researcher placed his hands directly on the patient's body. In the areas where the practitioner had placed his hands for an average of three minutes, starting from between the eyes, the researcher felt various degrees of warmth and tingling in his palms. Only the back was left exposed to prevent the patient becoming cold. The researcher took a little non-aromatic baby oil in hand and heated it, then began a 20-minute-long massage. The massage consisted of 6.5 minutes of effleurage (stroking), 3.5 minutes of petrissage (kneading), 13 minutes of effleurage and seven minutes of petrissage.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mardin Artuklu University

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
25 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-07-09
Primary Completion
2018-02-09
Completion
2018-02-09

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

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