Safety/Effectiveness Study of a Single Session of Laying-on-of-hands in Various Settings in Japan

Completed

• Conditions: Signs and Symptoms; Physical Disorders; Personal Satisfaction
• Interventions: Procedure: Okada Purifying Therapy

• Registration Number: NCT01316029
• Lead Sponsor: MOA Health Science Foundation

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the symptomatic changes after a single session of laying-on-of-hands in various settings, and to evaluate optimal conditions for the outcomes.

Detailed Description

Laying-on-of-hands is applied in many different situations; however, most reports published previously described its efficacy in a clinical setting, with its administration conducted by a few expert practitioners. This study aimed to determine the symptomatic changes after a single session of the Okada Purifying Therapy, a form of laying-on-of-hands, in various settings, and to analyze factors influencing the outcomes.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2007-01
• Study Start: 2007-02
• Primary Completion: 2007-12
• Study Completion: 2007-12
• Study First Submitted: 2011-03-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-03-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-03-15
• Study First Posted: 2011-03-16
• Last Update Posted: 2011-03-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 44587

Inclusion Criteria

• able to receive laying-on-of-hands for 30 minutes or longer from the investigators
• able to self-evaluate the change of their symptoms
• competent to answer the Japanese questionnaires
• aged 16 years or older

Exclusion Criteria

• those who did not match the inclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
laying-on-of-hands	Okada Purifying Therapy	44,587 Japanese volunteers with/without illness, who were interested in receiving laying-on-of-hands

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Severity of various symptoms	Baseline and immediately after a single intervention	Participants self-evaluated the severity of various symptoms before and after the intervention, and determined whether their symptoms got better, worsened, or did not change.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Adjusted odds ratios of the factors influencing the outcomes	in 1 year	After collecting all the eligible data, to be clarified are such personal variables as demographic attributes associated with the tendency to respond, and factors that facilitate such responses.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

MOA Health Science Foundation; 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan