Effectiveness of Laying-on-of-hands for Patients With Sickle Cell Disease in Africa
试验速览
- 阶段
- 2 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 40
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- disease-related episodes and mortality
研究概览
简要总结
The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of 1-year administration of laying-on-of-hands on the morbidity and mortality of patients with sickle cell disease in Africa.
详细描述
Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) have a high risk of premature death in Africa, mainly due to insufficient medical services. SCD patients often visit emergency department and need hospitalization when they suffer from severe pain; however, they manage most of painful episodes at home. Appropriate pain management at home is, therefore, crucial to improve their clinical course and quality of life. Laying-on-of-hands may be a good candidate for home care management, because family member(s) can become a practitioner of laying-on-of-hands without difficulty and administer it to their loved one as an initial treatment whenever necessary. There are no reports concerning the effectiveness of laying-on-of-hands for the outcomes of SCD patients, as far as we have investigated.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 3 Years 至 40 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •patients with symptoms associated with sickle cell disease
- •those able to receive laying-on-of-hands every weekday for 1 year
- •those able to receive conventional medical treatment whenever necessary
- •those able to receive blood test at the beginning, after 6 month and after 1 year
排除标准
- •those who wish to use other complementary and alternative therapies along with laying-on-of-hands
结局指标
主要结局
disease-related episodes and mortality
时间窗: 3 years and 9 months
次要结局
- blood data(1 year)
研究者
Kiyoshi Suzuki
president
MOA Health Science Foundation