The Effect of Acupressure and Reiki on Pain and Fatigue Levels

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

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Fatigue; Cancer Pain; Acupressure
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: Acupressure intervention; Procedure: Reiki intervention

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 156
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Mardin, Turkey, 47200
    • Hediye Utli

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:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

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

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Mardin Artuklu University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 11, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 21, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): July 21, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 21, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 22, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): July 26, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 26, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 22, 2022
• Last Verified: July 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Fatigue; Cancer Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: HUTLİ

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