The Power of Reiki: Its Effects on Pain and Biochemical Parameters in Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplantation: A Randomized Prospective Controlled Study.

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the effects of Reiki on pain and biochemical parameters in patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation.

Design: This research was a single-blind, repeated measures, randomized prospective controlled study.

Method: This study was conducted between August 2022 and April 2023 with patients who underwent autologous in the bone marrow transplantation (BMT) unit.

The Effect of Distance Reiki on State Test Anxiety and Test Performance: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Nursing Students.

Background: This randomized controlled, pretest-post-test intervention study examined the effect of distance reiki on state test anxiety and test performance.

Method: First-year nursing students ( = 71) were randomized into two groups. One week before the examination, intervention group participants performed reiki remotely for 20 minutes for 4 consecutive days, and control group participants received no intervention.

Is Reiki effective in reducing heart rhythm, cortisol levels, and anxiety and improving biochemical parameters in individuals with cardiac disease? Randomized placebo-controlled trial.

Aims: The aim of this study was to examine the effect of Reiki in patients with cardiac disease.

Methods And Results: This study was a single-blind, pre-post-test, randomized, placebo-controlled study. Patients from the cardiology outpatient clinic of a training and research hospital were randomized into three groups: Reiki (n = 22), sham (placebo) (n = 21), and control (no treatment) (n = 22).

The Effect of Reiki on Pain, Functional Status, and Holistic Well-Being in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic degenerative joint disease that causes pain and adversely affects functional status and holistic well-being. This randomized controlled trial investigated the effect of Reiki on pain, functional status, and holistic well-being in patients with knee OA. The sample consisted of 42 patients.

Urinary Incontinence in Older Adults: Impact on Caregiver Burden.

The objective of the current descriptive, cross-sectional, and relationship-seeking study was to evaluate the severity of urinary incontinence (UI) in older adults and its impact on care burden of their family caregivers. This study was performed prospectively with 80 older adults (aged ≥65 years) with UI and their family caregivers who attended a urology clinic between June and December 2021. UI was assessed using the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form (ICIQ-UI-SF), and caregiver burden using the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI).

The Effect of Distant Reiki Sessions on Holistic Well-Being.

This study investigated the effect of distant Reiki sessions on the holistic well-being of people without no acute/chronic diseases. The study was conducted between February 1 and March 31, 2022. The sample consisted of 180 healthy people living in a city in Turkey.

The Effect of Distant Reiki on the Stress and Fatigue Levels of Nurses Working in COVID-19 Clinics: A Randomized-Controlled, Single-Blind Study.

The study was conducted using a pre/posttest, randomized-controlled, single-blind trial method. After the pretest, a survey was administered and, distant Reiki was applied to nurses in the intervention group (n = 30) for 20 minutes a day for 4 consecutive days at a usual time. No intervention was made in the control group (n = 32).

The effect of caregiver educational program on caregiver reactions and lifestyle behaviors for caregivers of colorectal cancer patients: a quasi-experimental study.

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of the educational package provided to enhance family caregivers' experience of colorectal cancer patients receiving chemotherapy on healthy lifestyle and caregiving reactions.

Methods: The study was conducted as a pre-test-post-test, quasi-experimental intervention with a control group. The study population consisted of 100 caregivers who provide primary care to patients with colorectal cancer.