The Effect of Acupressure and Reiki on Pain and Fatigue Levels

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Acupressure; Fatigue; Cancer Pain
• Interventions: Procedure: Acupressure intervention; Procedure: Reiki intervention

• Registration Number: NCT05473845
• Lead Sponsor: Mardin Artuklu University

Brief Summary

This research was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of levels of pain and fatigue of acupressure and Reiki application on cancer patients receiving palliative care. The research was a single-blind, repeated measures, randomized controlled study. Research data were collected between February and July 2022. The research sample consisted of acupressure and Reiki application groups and a control group with 52 patients in each group, a total of 156 patients. Data was collected by means of a Patient Description Form, an Analgesic Follow-up Form, the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status Scale, the Numeric Pain Rating Scale, and the Brief Fatigue Inventory.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-02-11
• Status Verified: 2022-07
• Primary Completion: 2022-07-21
• Study Completion: 2022-07-21
• Study First Submitted: 2022-07-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-07-22
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-07-22
• Study First Posted: 2022-07-26
• Last Update Posted: 2022-07-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 156

Inclusion Criteria

1. having a diagnosis of third or fourth-stage cancer,
2. being aged 18 years or older,
3. having had pain for at least one month in connection with cancer treatment or the symptoms of the disease,
4. using NSAII or non-opioid analgesics,
5. having a status of 3 or more on the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS),
6. having a score of 0-3 on the ECOG-PS scale

Exclusion Criteria

1. having a diagnosis of first or second-stage cancer,
2. being aged less than 18 years,
3. having bone or brain metastasis,
4. using opioid analgesics,
5. having a status of less than 3 on the NPRS,
6. having a status of between 4 and 5 on the ECOG-PS scale

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Acupressure	Acupressure intervention	Acupressure intervention
Reiki	Reiki intervention	Reiki intervention

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Brief Fatigue Inventory	on the second day of the starting week	It is scored between 0 and 10.
Numeric Pain Rating Scale	on the second day of the starting week	A score of 0 indicates no pain, 1-3 slight pain, 4-6 moderate pain, and 7-10 severe pain .

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hediye Utli; 🇹🇷 Mardin, Turkey