The Evaluation Complementary Spirit Therapy

Effects of Complementary Spirit Therapy on Servers and Patients

Background: Complementary Spiritist Therapy (ECT) based on a range of therapeutic resources including prayer, spiritist "passe", fluidotherapy (fluidic water or magnetized water), spirit education. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of ECT in individuals at UFTM Hospital de Clínicas.

Methods: Randomized controlled trial, patients were randomly. Patients will then be allocated into groups:

• The group submitted to ECT (prayer, spiritual education, spiritist "passe" and fluidized water or prayer or spiritist "passe" or laying on of hands with intent to heal or laying on of hands with intent to heal or fluidized water or no-fluidized water or Control group (CG) will not be submitted to any intervention.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Depression; Pain; Stress; Anxiety; Well-being
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Complementary Spiritist Therapy; Other: Prayer; Other: Spiritist "passe"; Other: laying on of hands with intent to heal; Other: Fluid therapy.; Other: No-fluid therapy.

Detailed Description

Distribution of subjects according to the group to be worked and place of data collection:

Group to be worked:

patients hospitalized in the medical and surgical clinic, orthopedics, neurology, emergency adult , gynecology and obstetrics and employees of the clinic hospital

After randomization, participants included in the study will be allocated to one of the groups:

• The group submitted to ECT:

  1. Prayer: approximation of the person to God through words including gratitude, personal petition and intercession for others, about 2 to 3 minutes;
  2. Spiritual education: reading and commentary of the Gospel according to Spiritism for about 10 minutes;
  3. Spiritist "passe": to carry out the spiritist pass, the passers-by will be asked to position themselves in front of the bed, to place their hands on the head of the person alternating with passing their hands repeatedly on or over the person, positioned lying in the dorsal position, distance about 10 to 15 cm and apply the spiritist pass for 2 to 3 minutes. Individuals will be directed to direct the thoughts in heath during the intervention;
  4. Fluid Therapy by means of magnetized or fluidized water: you will be asked to stand in front of the table containing a tray with 20 ml water cups, to place hands on the cups wishing health and healing intentions, for approximately 2 minutes .

The total time of interventions will be about 10-15 minutes.

• The control group (CG) will not be submitted to any intervention.
• The Spiritist "passe" be submitted to Spiritist "passe": To carry out the spiritist pass, the passers-by will be asked to position themselves in front of the participant, to place their hands on the head of the person alternating with passing their hands repeatedly on or over the person, distance about 10 to 15 cm and apply the spiritist pass between 5-10 minutes. Individuals will be directed the thoughts in heath during the intervention.
• The laying on of hands with intent to heal: To carry out the volunteers, the passers-by will be asked to position themselves in front of the participant, to place their hands on the head of the person alternating with passing their hands repeatedly on or over the person, distance about 10 to 15 cm and apply the spiritist pass between 5-10 minutes. Individuals will be directed the thoughts in heath during the intervention.
• The Fluid Therapy: Fluid Therapy by means of magnetized or fluidized water: you will be asked to stand in front of the table containing a tray with water cups, to place hands on the cups wishing health and healing intentions, for approximately 10 minutes.
• The No-Fluid Therapy: individuals will receive non-fluidic water.
• The Prayer group:

After intervention blood collection will be performed and the questionnaires will be applied again.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 160
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Élida M Carneiro, PhD; Phone Number: 5134 99686 5988; Email: elidamc16@gmail.com
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Clinical Hospital Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro; Phone Number: 5134 33185000

Study Locations

• Brazil
  • Minas Gerais
    • Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 38015-170
      • Recruiting
      • Élida Mara Carneiro
      • Contact: ÉLIDA D CARNEIRO, PhD; Phone Number: 3433134624; Email: elidamc16@gmail.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• The patients with the ability to understand the questionnaires.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients expected to be discharged in less than 4 days
• Lowering the level of consciousness.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

7

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control group; No intervention.
Experimental: Complementary Spiritist Therapy; Prayer, Spirit education, Spiritist "passe" and magnetized water	Other: Complementary Spiritist Therapy; Complementary Spiritist Therapy: Prayer: for 1 to 2 minutes.; Spiritual education: reading and commentary of the Gospel according to Spiritism, about 7 minutes.; Spiritist "passe, for 2-min.; Fluid therapy.; Other Names: Integrative medicine
Other: Prayer; Prayer during 1-2 minutes	Other: Prayer; Individuals will receive prayer during 1 to 2 minutes.
Other: Spiritist "passe"; Spiritist "passe" during 5-10 minutes.	Other: Spiritist "passe"; Individuals will receive Spiritist "passe" during 5 to 10 minutes.
Placebo Comparator: Laying on of hands with intent to heal; laying on of hands with intent to heal during 5-10 minutes.	Other: laying on of hands with intent to heal; Individuals will receive laying on of hands with intent to heal during 5 to 10 minutes.
Other: Fluid water or magnetized water; Spiritist healers laying on of hands hands on the glass of water and desire health, restoration of balance and health for the patient.	Other: Fluid therapy.; Individuals will receive fluid therapy.
Other: Non-fluidic water; individuals receive water without fluidification (no laying on of hands hands on the glass of water).	Other: No-fluid therapy.; Individuals will receive no-fluid therapy.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in Anxiety sympton.	The Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21). This scale is a Likert 4-point scale between 0 (not applicable to me) and 3 (applies to me a lot, or most of the time). Scores for depression, anxiety and stress are determined by summing the scores of the 21 items.	The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
change in Depression.	The HAD subscale. Each of your items can be punctuated with zero to three, composing a maximum score of 21 points for each scale.	The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in Depression sympton.	The Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21). This scale is a Likert 4-point scale between 0 (not applicable to me) and 3 (applies to me a lot, or most of the time). Scores for depression, anxiety and stress are determined by summing the scores of the 21 items.	The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in Tension muscle.	The visual analog scale of tension muscle. The most simple VAS is a straight horizontal line of fixed length, usually 100 mm. The ends are defined as the extreme limits of the parameter to be measured (symptom) orientated from the left (worst) to the right (best).	The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in wellness subjective.	The wellness subjective scale. This scale is is composed of 21 items of evaluation of positive affect, 26 items of negative affect and satisfaction with life consists of 15 items.	The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in wellness.	The visual analog scale of wellness. The most simple VAS is a straight horizontal line of fixed length, usually 100 mm. The ends are defined as the extreme limits of the parameter to be measured (symptom) orientated from the left (worst) to the right (best).	The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in hematological and immunological responses.	Hemogram, immunoglobulin A , cortisol and Cytokine Doses.	The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in pain.	The visual analog scale of Pain. The most simple Visual Analog Pain Scale is a straight horizontal line of fixed length, usually 100 mm. The ends are defined as the extreme limits of the parameter to be measured (symptom) orientated from the left (worst) to the right (best).	The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in blood pressure	Blood pressure (mmHg) is assessed by blood pressure gauge.	The blood pressure will be evaluated an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in respiratory rate	Respiratory (ipm) rate is assessed by manual count.	The respiratory rate will be evaluated an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in cardiac rate	Cardiac rate (bpm) is assessed by oximeter More Fitness.	The cardiac rate will be evaluated an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in oxygen saturation	oxygen saturation (%) is assessed by oximeter More Fitness.	The oxygen saturation will be evaluated an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in Heart rate variability	Heart rate variability. It is measured by electrocardiogram (ECG) or frequency meter	The heart rate variability will be assessed on 1 day.
Change in Burnout.	Maslach Burnout Inventory. The instrument consists of 15 questions that are subdivided into three subscales: Emotional Exhaustion (EE) (5 items); Disbelief (DE) (4 items) and Professional Efficacy (EP) (6 items). All items are evaluated on a 7-point Likert scale, ranging from 0 (never) to 6 (always).	The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in Quality of life	Whoqol. The instrument module consists of 26 questions (being question number 1 and 2 on general quality of life), the answers follow a Likert scale (from 1 to 5, the higher the score the better the quality of life). Apart from these two questions (1 and 2), the instrument has 24 facets which comprise 4 domains that are: PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL RELATIONS and ENVIRONMENT.	The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in Stress score.	The scale of stress. This assessment is a questionnaire that evaluates stress in four levels - alert, resistance, almost exhaustion and exhaustion. The instrument assesses the presence of symptoms and how the individual has felt in the last 24 h, in the last month and in the last 3 months. For each period of time, a set of 15 physical and emotional symptoms is evaluated for the first 2 periods and 23 symptoms are evaluated for the last period.	The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in Stress.	The Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21). This scale is a Likert 4-point scale between 0 (not applicable to me) and 3 (applies to me a lot, or most of the time). Scores for depression, anxiety and stress are determined by summing the scores of the 21 items.	The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in perceived anxiety.	Visual analog scale. The most simple VAS is a straight horizontal line of fixed length, usually 100 mm. The ends are defined as the extreme limits of the parameter to be measured (symptom) orientated from the left (worst) to the right (best).	The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in Anxiety.	The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. It has 14 items, seven of which are for evaluation of anxiety (HADS-A) and seven for depression (HADS-D). Each of your items can be punctuated with zero to three, composing a maximum score of 21 points for each scale.	The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Universidade Federal do Triangulo Mineiro
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Élida M Carneiro, PhD, Spiritist Medical Association of Uberaba

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• de Souza Cavalcante R, Banin VB, de Moura Ribeiro Paula NA, Daher SR, Habermann MC, Habermann F, Bravin AM, da Silva CE, de Andrade LG. Effect of the Spiritist "passe" energy therapy in reducing anxiety in volunteers: A randomized controlled trial. Complement Ther Med. 2016 Aug;27:18-24. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2016.05.002. Epub 2016 May 6.
• Carneiro EM, Moraes GV, Terra GA. Effectiveness of Spiritist Passe (Spiritual Healing) on the Psychophysiological Parameters in Hospitalized Patients. Adv Mind Body Med. 2016 Summer;30(3):4-10.
• Lucchetti G, de Oliveira RF, Goncalves JP, Ueda SM, Mimica LM, Lucchetti AL. Effect of Spiritist "passe" (Spiritual healing) on growth of bacterial cultures. Complement Ther Med. 2013 Dec;21(6):627-32. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2013.08.012. Epub 2013 Aug 31.
• Carneiro EM, Barbosa LP, Marson JM, Terra JA Junior, Martins CJ, Modesto D, Resende LA, Borges MF. Effectiveness of Spiritist "passe" (Spiritual healing) for anxiety levels, depression, pain, muscle tension, well-being, and physiological parameters in cardiovascular inpatients: A randomized controlled trial. Complement Ther Med. 2017 Feb;30:73-78. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2016.11.008. Epub 2016 Nov 24.
• Carneiro ÉM, Avezum Oliveira LF, Alves da Silva DA, da Silva Catarino J, Timóteo RP, Desidério CS, Rodrigues Junior V, de Fátima Borges M. Effects of complementary spiritual therapy on stress, anxiety, burnout syndrome and hematological parameters of professionals in a public hospital: a randomized controlled trial. J Complement Integr Med. 2022 May 26. doi: 10.1515/jcim-2020-0305. [Epub ahead of print]
• Carneiro EM, Tosta AM, Antonelli IBS, Soares VM, Oliveira LFA, Borges RMC, da Silva AP, Borges MF. Effect of Spiritist "Passe" on Preoperative Anxiety of Surgical Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Double-Blind. J Relig Health. 2020 Aug;59(4):1728-1739. doi: 10.1007/s10943-019-00841-7.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 10, 2015
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 9, 2018
• Study Completion (Anticipated): December 30, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 4, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 28, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): November 29, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 17, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 12, 2018
• Last Verified: April 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: adult; Spiritist pass; laying of hands
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Depression
• Other Study ID Numbers: UFTM

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No