Clinical trial NCT05456464: Fatigue and Sleep Quality in Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Official title: Fatigue and Sleep Quality in Multiple Sclerosis Patients: Does Reiki Application Affect?
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Multiple Sclerosis
Keywords: Reiki
Fatigue
Sleep quality
Nursing
Lead sponsor: Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-07-13
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 80
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: The research will be conducted as a randomized, experimental study with a pretest-posttest control group.
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: This study was planned to examine the effect of reiki application on fatigue and sleep quality in patients with multiple sclerosis.

Detailed description: Fatigue and Sleep Quality in Multiple Sclerosis Patients: Does Reiki Application Affect?

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Being over 18 years old
* Volunteering to participate in the research
* Having the ability to use technological tools
* Not using Reiki and similar integrative treatment methods
* Not having a verbal communication disability (hearing and speaking)
* Not having a diagnosed psychiatric disorder
* Patients who have been treated for MS for more than three months
* Having a scale score of \>5 on the Piper Fatigue Scale
* A score of \>5 on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale

Exclusion Criteria:

* None

Primary outcomes:
measure: The Piper Fatigue Scale
timeFrame: At the end of Session 1(In the first week, the first session will be face-to-face and the other sessions will be online for 4 days. 1 online session will be given on the first day of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th week. A total of 7 sessions of Reiki will begiven)
measure: The Piper Fatigue Scale
timeFrame: At the end of Session 7(In the first week, the first session will be face-to-face and the other sessions will be online for 4 days. 1 online session will be given on the first day of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th week. A total of 7 sessions of Reiki will begiven)
measure: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
timeFrame: At the end of Session 1(In the first week, the first session will be face-to-face and the other sessions will be online for 4 days. 1 online session will be given on the first day of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th week. A total of 7 sessions of Reiki will begiven)
measure: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
timeFrame: At the end of Session 7(In the first week, the first session will be face-to-face and the other sessions will be online for 4 days. 1 online session will be given on the first day of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th week. A total of 7 sessions of Reiki will begiven)
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Faculty of Health Sciences
state: Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi
Study officials:
affiliation: Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University
name: Zülfünaz Özer, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Demir M, Can G, Kelam A, Aydiner A. Effects of Distant Reiki On Pain, Anxiety and Fatigue in Oncology Patients in Turkey: A Pilot Study. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2015;16(12):4859-62. doi: 10.7314/apjcp.2015.16.12.4859.