Clinical trial NCT06075784: The Effect of Reiki on Pain, Stress and Comfort Level in Students Experiencing Dysmenorrhea
Official title: The Effect of Reiki on Pain, Stress and Comfort Level in Students Experiencing Dysmenorrhea
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Dysmenorrhea
Lead sponsor: Ondokuz Mayıs University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-10-10
Enrollment: 60
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 45
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The aim of this study is to determine the effect of reiki on pain, stress and comfort level in students experiencing dysmenorrhea

Detailed description: Hypotheses 01; there was no difference between the pain score of the reiki group and the pain score of the control group.

H02; there was no difference between the stress score of the reiki group and the stress score of the control group.

H03;there was no difference between the comfort level of the reiki group and the comfort level of the control group.

The study will be carried out in two different groups. The practice will start with meeting the students who experienced dysmenorrhea. After the women are evaluated in terms of eligibility criteria for the research, the women who are eligible will be informed about the research and written informed consent will be obtained from the women who accept. The random distribution of women to the study groups will be carried out using the Block Randomization method. The following applications will be made to the groups.

Reiki Group The intervention will be applied to the reiki group to be applied in the midwifery department application laboratory. Reiki therapy will be applied by a practitioner with a Reiki application certificate in the application laboratory for 30 minutes while the participants lie down with their eyes closed. 4 sessions of reiki application will be applied to the intervention group for a month. Reiki application will start from the time of menstruation, the first pain scores and comfort conditions will be recorded. Menstruation and general comfort after 4 sessions will be recorded. Any medication and side effects during menstruation with the last reiki application will be recorded by the research team member.

Placebo Reiki will be applied to the participants in the group in the application laboratory of the midwifery department of the faculty of health sciences. The practice will be carried out in the application laboratory for 30 minutes, with the participants sitting with their eyes closed. Reiki life energy will not be transferred to participants in the placebo reiki group. Since the participants' eyes are closed, they will not know that there is a transfer. Placebo Reiki application will be performed in the laboratory 4 times during a month. Placebo application will start from the time of menstruation, and the first pain scores and comfort conditions will be recorded. After 4 sessions, menstruation and general comfort will be recorded. Any medication and side effects during menstruation with the last application will be recorded by the research team member.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Agreeing to participate in the research and volunteering,
* over 18 years of age,
* without a diagnosed psychiatric disease,
* without communication problems,

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in pain
timeFrame: immediately before reiki application and immediately after the reiki application
measure: Change in stress
timeFrame: immediately before reiki application and immediately after the reiki application
measure: Change in Comfort Level
timeFrame: immediately before reiki application and immediately after the reiki application
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Samsun
country: Turkey
facility: Ondokuz Mayis University
Study officials:
affiliation: Ondokuz Mayıs University
name: Serap TOPATAN, assoc. prof. dr
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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