The Effect of Acupressure and Reiki on Pain and Fatigue Levels

Sponsor

Mardin Artuklu University (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT05473845

Collaborator

(none)

156

Enrollment

Location

Arms

5.3

Actual Duration (Months)

29.7

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This research was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of levels of pain and fatigue of acupressure and Reiki application on cancer patients receiving palliative care. The research was a single-blind, repeated measures, randomized controlled study. Research data were collected between February and July 2022. The research sample consisted of acupressure and Reiki application groups and a control group with 52 patients in each group, a total of 156 patients. Data was collected by means of a Patient Description Form, an Analgesic Follow-up Form, the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status Scale, the Numeric Pain Rating Scale, and the Brief Fatigue Inventory.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Acupressure Cancer Pain Fatigue	Procedure: Acupressure intervention Procedure: Reiki intervention	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

156 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

Single (Participant)

Primary Purpose:

Treatment

Official Title:

The Effect of Acupressure and Reiki on Pain and Fatigue Levels in Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Care

Actual Study Start Date :

Feb 11, 2022

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Jul 21, 2022

Actual Study Completion Date :

Jul 21, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Acupressure Acupressure intervention	Procedure: Acupressure intervention Acupressure
Experimental: Reiki Reiki intervention	Procedure: Reiki intervention Reiki
No Intervention: Control No intervention.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Acupressure

Acupressure intervention

Procedure: Acupressure intervention

Acupressure

Experimental: Reiki

Reiki intervention

Procedure: Reiki intervention

Reiki

No Intervention: Control

No intervention.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Numeric Pain Rating Scale [on the second day of the starting week]
A score of 0 indicates no pain, 1-3 slight pain, 4-6 moderate pain, and 7-10 severe pain .
Brief Fatigue Inventory [on the second day of the starting week]
It is scored between 0 and 10.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Inclusion Criteria:

having a diagnosis of third or fourth-stage cancer,
being aged 18 years or older,
having had pain for at least one month in connection with cancer treatment or the symptoms of the disease,
using NSAII or non-opioid analgesics,
having a status of 3 or more on the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS),
having a score of 0-3 on the ECOG-PS scale

Exclusion Criteria:

having a diagnosis of first or second-stage cancer,
being aged less than 18 years,
having bone or brain metastasis,
using opioid analgesics,
having a status of less than 3 on the NPRS,
having a status of between 4 and 5 on the ECOG-PS scale

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Hediye Utli	Mardin		Turkey	47200

Sponsors and Collaborators

Mardin Artuklu University

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

HEDİYE UTLİ, PhD, MSc, RN, Assistant Professor, Mardin Artuklu University

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT05473845

Other Study ID Numbers:

HUTLİ

First Posted:

Jul 26, 2022

Last Update Posted:

Jul 26, 2022

Last Verified:

Jul 1, 2022

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Plan to Share IPD:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Fatigue

Cancer Pain

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jul 26, 2022