SELH: Safety/Effectiveness Study of a Single Session of Laying-on-of-hands in Various Settings in Japan

Sponsor

MOA Health Science Foundation (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT01316029

Collaborator

(none)

44,587

Enrollment

Location

Duration (Months)

4478.9

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the symptomatic changes after a single session of laying-on-of-hands in various settings, and to evaluate optimal conditions for the outcomes.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Signs and Symptoms Physical Disorders Personal Satisfaction	Procedure: Okada Purifying Therapy

Detailed Description

Laying-on-of-hands is applied in many different situations; however, most reports published previously described its efficacy in a clinical setting, with its administration conducted by a few expert practitioners. This study aimed to determine the symptomatic changes after a single session of the Okada Purifying Therapy, a form of laying-on-of-hands, in various settings, and to analyze factors influencing the outcomes.

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Actual Enrollment :

44587 participants

Observational Model:

Ecologic or Community

Time Perspective:

Cross-Sectional

Official Title:

A Large Cross-sectional Study of Laying-on-of-hands in Japan: Who Responds to it and What Facilitates the Response?

Study Start Date :

Feb 1, 2007

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Dec 1, 2007

Actual Study Completion Date :

Dec 1, 2007

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
laying-on-of-hands 44,587 Japanese volunteers with/without illness, who were interested in receiving laying-on-of-hands	Procedure: Okada Purifying Therapy Each participant received a single session of Okada Purifying Therapy lasting 30 minutes or longer, administered by a voluntary certified practitioner. Other Names: laying-on-of-hands biofield therapy Therapeutic touch

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

laying-on-of-hands

44,587 Japanese volunteers with/without illness, who were interested in receiving laying-on-of-hands

Procedure: Okada Purifying Therapy

Each participant received a single session of Okada Purifying Therapy lasting 30 minutes or longer, administered by a voluntary certified practitioner.

Other Names:

laying-on-of-hands

biofield therapy

Therapeutic touch

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Severity of various symptoms [Baseline and immediately after a single intervention]
Participants self-evaluated the severity of various symptoms before and after the intervention, and determined whether their symptoms got better, worsened, or did not change.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Adjusted odds ratios of the factors influencing the outcomes [in 1 year]
After collecting all the eligible data, to be clarified are such personal variables as demographic attributes associated with the tendency to respond, and factors that facilitate such responses.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

16 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

able to receive laying-on-of-hands for 30 minutes or longer from the investigators
able to self-evaluate the change of their symptoms
competent to answer the Japanese questionnaires
aged 16 years or older