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.

The Effect of Distant Reiki Applied to Individuals with Extremity Amputation on Pain Level and Holistic Well-Being: A Quasi-experimental Study.

Background: Pain felt in an amputated limb is quite common. Phantom pain affects the lives of individuals in many ways and can negatively affect the holistic well-being of individuals. Distant Reiki can be used in the management of these problems.

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).

Effect of Education About Oral Mucositis Given to the Cancer Patients Having Chemotherapy on Life Quality.

The study was aimed to determine the effect of education cancer patients receiving chemotherapy for prevention of oral mucositis on the quality of life. A total of 60 patients including 30 patients each in education and control groups were included in this randomized controlled study. On the first day of study, Oral Assessment Guide and EORTC QLQ-C30 Version 3.

The Quality of Life in Patients With Behçet's Disease.

Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the quality of life (QoL) in patients with Behçet's disease.

Methods: This study is a cross-sectional descriptive study. The sample of the study consists of 94 volunteer patients, who were diagnosed with Behçet's disease at least 3 months before the study, were literate, and never diagnosed with a psychiatric illness.

Effects of sexual function of essential hypertensions in women.

Background: Hypertension, one of the increasingly common chronic diseases, is reported to be an important factor in the formation of sexual dysfunction (SD) due to the physiopathological changes it creates in the vascular endothelial structure. The evaluation of the sexual functions of hypertensive women is regarded as a significant consideration in the improvement of women's health and quality of life.

Aim: This study was carried out in order to identify the sexual functions of essential hypertensive women.

Relationship between social support and fatigue in geriatric patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy.

Purpose: This descriptive study was conducted with the purpose of determining the relationship between fatigue and social support in elderly individuals receiving chemotherapy.

Methods: It was conducted in the oncology outpatient chemotherapy units of two university hospitals and one research hospital. A total of 71 patients who were 60 years old and older and receiving outpatient chemotherapy were included.

Incidence of pressure ulcers in intensive care unit patients at risk according to the Waterlow scale and factors influencing the development of pressure ulcers.

Aims: To determine incidence of pressure ulcers in patients at risk according to the Waterlow scale in intensive care units and to evaluate the effects of risk factors in critically ill patients.

Background: Pressure ulcers continue to be an important health problem that increases the risk of illness and death, extends patients' length of hospital stay and increases healthcare expenses.

Design: The study was conducted as a descriptive and prospective study.

Review of the methods to prevent femoral arteriotomy complications and contrast nephropathy in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization: cardiac catheterization and care approaches in Turkey.

Background And Research Objective: There are different care and treatment approaches to prevent femoral arteriotomy complications and contrast nephropathy in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. The purpose of our study was to identify approaches widely used in Turkey to prevent femoral arteriotomy complications and contrast nephropathy in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization.

Materials And Methods: The study was a descriptive study.

Difficulties experienced by families with disabled children.

Purpose: This study was designed to determine the difficulties experienced by families with disabled children.

Design And Method: This descriptive research study was carried out in one public and two private rehabilitation centers. A questionnaire was used for data collection.

The experience of fatigue in Turkish patients receiving chemotherapy.

Purpose/objectives: To determine the experience of fatigue in Turkish patients receiving chemotherapy.

Design: Descriptive.

Setting: Outpatient unit in a large university hospital in Ankara, Turkey.