The Acceptance of Reiki Therapy as a Complementary and Alternative Option for the Management of Chronic Pain
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 30
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Pain Description, Relief and Interference with Daily Life (via Brief Pain Inventory)
研究概览
简要总结
For the past few years, the military has been looking for an innovative way to decrease the use of opioids for chronic pain. This has prompted military treatment facilities to begin integrating complementary and/or alternative medicine modalities into their conventional plans of care. Reiki, a bio-field energy therapy, is one such modality. The purpose of this prospective repeated measure study is to: 1) introduce the concept Reiki therapy to military healthcare beneficiaries experiencing chronic pain, 2) assess pain outcome after receiving six treatments of Reiki therapy, and 3) assess participant's impression of Reiki therapy as a possible complementary and/or alternative option for the management of chronic pain.
Thirty military healthcare beneficiaries with the complaint of chronic pain will receive a brief introduction to Reiki therapy followed by six 30-minute Reiki sessions provided by trained Reiki Level 1 Practitioner. Participant's knowledge of Reiki will be assessed using pre and post questionnaires; pain will be assessed using the Brief Pain Inventory, Defense Veterans Pain Rating Scale, DoD (Department of Defense) VA (Veteran's Administration) Pain Supplementary Questionnaire, McGill Pain Questionnaire and pain medication diaries; and participant's impression will be assessed using the Patient Global Impression of Improvement Scale and along with a post study questionnaire. If it is found that Reiki therapy helped in decreasing chronic pain outcomes, this treatment modality may be added to Landstuhl Regional Medical (LRMC) Pain Clinic's pool of complementary and alternative medicine options.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Has chronic pain (defined as pain that lasts 3 months or more since first onset).
- •Is receiving a stable pain medication regimen (defined as a regimen that has not increased 10% to 20% in the past week prior to enrollment), if on pain medication.
- •Is affiliated with at least one of the 13 installations within the Kaiserslautern Military Community area
- •Is eligible to receive healthcare at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center
- •Is 18 years and older
- •Can read and speak English
- •Is able to commit to 6 treatments (approximately 2-3 weeks)
排除标准
- •Have had surgery or a painful procedure in the last 30 days or are being scheduled for any surgeries or painful procedures during the duration of the study
- •Already have a working knowledge (e.g., credentialed Reiki Level I, II or III Practitioner or Reiki Master) of Reiki or have had Reiki therapy in the past
研究组 & 干预措施
One Group Study Arm
One group study arm assesses pre Reiki and post Reiki intervention measures
干预措施: Reiki Protocol Hand Placement Procedures (Procedure)
结局指标
主要结局
Pain Description, Relief and Interference with Daily Life (via Brief Pain Inventory)
时间窗: From baseline measure to up to 3 weeks
This instrument assesses the time relation sensory component of pain intensity (average over the last week, worst and least, and present pain) using a numeric rating scale (0 \[No pain\] to 10 \[Pain as bad as you can imagine\]), percentage of pain relief (0 \[No relief\] to 100% \[Complete relief\]), and 7 pain interferences concerning work, activity, mood, enjoyment, sleep, walk and relationships are assessed using 0-10 numeric scales (0 \[No interference\] to 10 \[Complete interference\]).
次要结局
- Sensory and Affective Pain Perception (via McGill Pain Questionnaire)(From baseline measure to up to 3 weeks)
- Impression of current pain's affect on sleep, mood and stress (via DoD/VA Pain Supplemental Questionnaire)(From baseline measure to up to 3 weeks)
- Impression of Improvement (via Patient Global Impression of Improvement Scale Questionnaire) Patient Global Impression of Improvement Scale(At mid-point measure and again at 3 weeks)
- Current Pain Level (Defense and Veteran Pain Rating Scale)(From baseline measure to up to 3 weeks)
- Knowledge About Reiki (via Reiki Knowledge Assessment Questionnaire)(From baseline measure to up to 3 weeks)
- Willingness to inform other about Reiki and to continue treatments (via Reiki Post Study Questionnaire)(At the conclusion of 3 weeks)
研究者
Dr MeLisa Gantt
LTC (Ret.) MeLisa Gantt
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center