The Evaluation Complementary Spirit Therapy
- Conditions
- AnxietyPainWell-beingStressDepression
- Interventions
- Other: No-fluid therapy.Other: Fluid therapy.Other: Complementary Spiritist TherapyOther: PrayerOther: Spiritist "passe"Other: laying on of hands with intent to heal
- Registration Number
- NCT03356691
- Lead Sponsor
- Universidade Federal do Triangulo Mineiro
- Brief 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.
- Detailed Description
Distribution of subjects according to the group to be worked and place of data collection:
Group to be worked:
patients hospitalized in the medical and surgical clinic, orthopedics, neurology, emergency adult , gynecology and obstetrics and employees of the clinic hospital
After randomization, participants included in the study will be allocated to one of the groups:
* The group submitted to ECT:
1. Prayer: approximation of the person to God through words including gratitude, personal petition and intercession for others, about 2 to 3 minutes;
2. Spiritual education: reading and commentary of the Gospel according to Spiritism for about 10 minutes;
3. Spiritist "passe": to carry out the spiritist pass, the passers-by will be asked to position themselves in front of the bed, to place their hands on the head of the person alternating with passing their hands repeatedly on or over the person, positioned lying in the dorsal position, distance about 10 to 15 cm and apply the spiritist pass for 2 to 3 minutes. Individuals will be directed to direct the thoughts in heath during the intervention;
4. Fluid Therapy by means of magnetized or fluidized water: you will be asked to stand in front of the table containing a tray with 20 ml water cups, to place hands on the cups wishing health and healing intentions, for approximately 2 minutes .
The total time of interventions will be about 10-15 minutes.
* The control group (CG) will not be submitted to any intervention.
* The Spiritist "passe" be submitted to Spiritist "passe": To carry out the spiritist pass, the passers-by will be asked to position themselves in front of the participant, to place their hands on the head of the person alternating with passing their hands repeatedly on or over the person, distance about 10 to 15 cm and apply the spiritist pass between 5-10 minutes. Individuals will be directed the thoughts in heath during the intervention.
* The laying on of hands with intent to heal: To carry out the volunteers, the passers-by will be asked to position themselves in front of the participant, to place their hands on the head of the person alternating with passing their hands repeatedly on or over the person, distance about 10 to 15 cm and apply the spiritist pass between 5-10 minutes. Individuals will be directed the thoughts in heath during the intervention.
* The Fluid Therapy: Fluid Therapy by means of magnetized or fluidized water: you will be asked to stand in front of the table containing a tray with water cups, to place hands on the cups wishing health and healing intentions, for approximately 10 minutes.
* The No-Fluid Therapy: individuals will receive non-fluidic water.
* The Prayer group:
After intervention blood collection will be performed and the questionnaires will be applied again.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 160
- The patients with the ability to understand the questionnaires.
- Patients expected to be discharged in less than 4 days
- Lowering the level of consciousness.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Non-fluidic water No-fluid therapy. individuals receive water without fluidification (no laying on of hands hands on the glass of water). Fluid water or magnetized water Fluid therapy. Spiritist healers laying on of hands hands on the glass of water and desire health, restoration of balance and health for the patient. Complementary Spiritist Therapy Complementary Spiritist Therapy Prayer, Spirit education, Spiritist "passe" and magnetized water Prayer Prayer Prayer during 1-2 minutes Spiritist "passe" Spiritist "passe" Spiritist "passe" during 5-10 minutes. Laying on of hands with intent to heal laying on of hands with intent to heal laying on of hands with intent to heal during 5-10 minutes.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in Anxiety sympton. The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths. The Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21). This scale is a Likert 4-point scale between 0 (not applicable to me) and 3 (applies to me a lot, or most of the time). Scores for depression, anxiety and stress are determined by summing the scores of the 21 items.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in Quality of life The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths. Whoqol. The instrument module consists of 26 questions (being question number 1 and 2 on general quality of life), the answers follow a Likert scale (from 1 to 5, the higher the score the better the quality of life). Apart from these two questions (1 and 2), the instrument has 24 facets which comprise 4 domains that are: PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL RELATIONS and ENVIRONMENT.
Change in cardiac rate The cardiac rate will be evaluated an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths. Cardiac rate (bpm) is assessed by oximeter More Fitness.
Change in Stress. The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths. The Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21). This scale is a Likert 4-point scale between 0 (not applicable to me) and 3 (applies to me a lot, or most of the time). Scores for depression, anxiety and stress are determined by summing the scores of the 21 items.
change in Depression. The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths. The HAD subscale. Each of your items can be punctuated with zero to three, composing a maximum score of 21 points for each scale.
Change in Depression sympton. The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths. The Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21). This scale is a Likert 4-point scale between 0 (not applicable to me) and 3 (applies to me a lot, or most of the time). Scores for depression, anxiety and stress are determined by summing the scores of the 21 items.
Change in Heart rate variability The heart rate variability will be assessed on 1 day. Heart rate variability. It is measured by electrocardiogram (ECG) or frequency meter
Change in Burnout. The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths. Maslach Burnout Inventory. The instrument consists of 15 questions that are subdivided into three subscales: Emotional Exhaustion (EE) (5 items); Disbelief (DE) (4 items) and Professional Efficacy (EP) (6 items). All items are evaluated on a 7-point Likert scale, ranging from 0 (never) to 6 (always).
Change in Tension muscle. The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths. The visual analog scale of tension muscle. The most simple VAS is a straight horizontal line of fixed length, usually 100 mm. The ends are defined as the extreme limits of the parameter to be measured (symptom) orientated from the left (worst) to the right (best).
Change in wellness subjective. The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths. The wellness subjective scale. This scale is is composed of 21 items of evaluation of positive affect, 26 items of negative affect and satisfaction with life consists of 15 items.
Change in hematological and immunological responses. The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths. Hemogram, immunoglobulin A , cortisol and Cytokine Doses.
Change in pain. The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths. The visual analog scale of Pain. The most simple Visual Analog Pain Scale is a straight horizontal line of fixed length, usually 100 mm. The ends are defined as the extreme limits of the parameter to be measured (symptom) orientated from the left (worst) to the right (best).
Change in wellness. The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths. The visual analog scale of wellness. The most simple VAS is a straight horizontal line of fixed length, usually 100 mm. The ends are defined as the extreme limits of the parameter to be measured (symptom) orientated from the left (worst) to the right (best).
Change in perceived anxiety. The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths. Visual analog scale. The most simple VAS is a straight horizontal line of fixed length, usually 100 mm. The ends are defined as the extreme limits of the parameter to be measured (symptom) orientated from the left (worst) to the right (best).
Change in blood pressure The blood pressure will be evaluated an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths. Blood pressure (mmHg) is assessed by blood pressure gauge.
Change in respiratory rate The respiratory rate will be evaluated an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths. Respiratory (ipm) rate is assessed by manual count.
Change in oxygen saturation The oxygen saturation will be evaluated an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths. oxygen saturation (%) is assessed by oximeter More Fitness.
Change in Stress score. The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths. The scale of stress. This assessment is a questionnaire that evaluates stress in four levels - alert, resistance, almost exhaustion and exhaustion. The instrument assesses the presence of symptoms and how the individual has felt in the last 24 h, in the last month and in the last 3 months. For each period of time, a set of 15 physical and emotional symptoms is evaluated for the first 2 periods and 23 symptoms are evaluated for the last period.
Change in Anxiety. The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. It has 14 items, seven of which are for evaluation of anxiety (HADS-A) and seven for depression (HADS-D). Each of your items can be punctuated with zero to three, composing a maximum score of 21 points for each scale.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Élida Mara Carneiro
🇧🇷Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil