Effect of the Reiki's energy therapy on pain control in patients after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- (CABG) coronary artery bypass graft.Coronary (artery):•atheroma •atherosclerosis •disease •sclerosis
- Registration Number
- IRCT2016080829247N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Zabol University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion and exclusion criteria: age between 40 - 70 years old; no addiction to drugs or alcohol; no history diabetes mellitus or diabetic patients with history of diabetes less than 15 years; no chronic pain (due to the impact of chronic pain on the severity of pain experienced by the patient); no history of severe vision defects (due to the effect on the ability to determine the amount of pain using a visual analog scale); absence of obvious mental problems and no history of mammary artery surgery.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Chest pain. Timepoint: 10-15 minutes before after and after energy therapy. Method of measurement: McGill pain questionnaire and a Visual Analog Scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain in foot. Timepoint: 15 to 20 minutes before and after energy therapy. Method of measurement: Visual analog scale and McGill Pain Questionnaire.