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Year: 2023
Type: Clinical study
Topic: Healing - Distance / Intention
Category: Stress and Anxiety
Subcategory: Well-being - Experience on physical, emotional, mental, psychological and spiritual level
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Title: The Effect of Distant Reiki Sessions on Holistic Well-Being
Authors: Özcan Yüce, Ulviye; Arpacı, Afey; Kütmeç Yılmaz; Yurtsever, Dilek; Üstün Gökçe, Emine; Burkev, Fatma Gönül; Yıldırım, Gülcihan; Gökşin, İlknur; Ünal Aslan, Kevser Sevgi; Bektaş Akpınar, Nilay; Altınbaş Akkaş, Özlem; Yurtsever, Sabire;
Location:
Turkey - Health Sciences Faculty, Nursing Department, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Osmaniye; Hacettepe University Adult Hospital, Ankara; Health Sciences Faculty, Nursing Department, Aksaray University, Aksaray; Mersin City Hospital, Mersin; Health Sciences Faculty, Internal Medicine Nursing Department, Bartın University, Bartın; Health Ministry of Turkish Republic-Kayseri City Hospital, Kayseri; Health Sciences Faculty, Midwifery Department, Çankırı Karatekin University, Bartın; Health Sciences Faculty, Nursing Department, Ankara Medipol University, Ankara; Health Sciences Faculty, Nursing Department, Düzce University, Düzce; Teona Training and Counseling Center, Mersin
Reference:
Özcan Yüce, Ulviye PhD, RN; Arpacı, Afey RN; Kütmeç Yılmaz, Cemile PhD, RN; Yurtsever, Dilek PhD, RN; Üstün Gökçe, Emine MD, RN; Burkev, Fatma Gönül MD, RN; Yıldırım, Gülcihan PhD, RN; Gökşin, İlknur PhD, RN; Ünal Aslan, Kevser Sevgi PhD, RN; Bektaş Akpınar, Nilay PhD, RN; Altınbaş Akkaş, Özlem PhD, RN; Yurtsever, Sabire PhD, RN. The Effect of Distant Reiki Sessions on Holistic Well-Being. Holistic Nursing Practice 38(1):p 50-57, January/February 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/HNP.0000000000000557
Abstract:
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. Participants attended 20-minute distant Reiki sessions (intervention) for 4 consecutive days. Pretest data were collected using a personal information form, the Holistic Well-Being Scale (HWBS), the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), and the Subjective Vitality Scale (SVS).

Posttest data were collected 2 days (posttest I) and 1 week after the intervention (posttest II) using the HWBS, PANAS, and SVS. There was a statistically significant difference between pretest and posttest I and II HWBS subscale scores (P < .05).

There was a statistically significant difference between pretest and posttest PANAS and SVS scores (P < .05).

Distant Reiki sessions improved participants' holistic well-being. They also helped them develop a positive mood, experience and perceive less sadness, and develop subjective vitality and cognitive awareness.
Résumé :
Cette étude a examiné l'effet de séances de Reiki à distance sur le bien-être holistique de personnes ne souffrant pas de maladies aiguës/chroniques. L'étude a été menée entre le 1er février et le 31 mars 2022.

L'échantillon était composé de 180 personnes en bonne santé vivant dans une ville de Turquie. Les participants ont assisté à des séances de Reiki à distance de 20 minutes (intervention) pendant 4 jours consécutifs. Les données du pré-test ont été recueillies à l'aide d'un formulaire d'informations personnelles, de l'échelle holistique du bien-être (HWBS), de l'échelle des affects positifs et négatifs (PANAS) et de l'échelle de vitalité subjective (SVS).

Les données du post-test ont été recueillies deux jours (post-test I) et une semaine après l'intervention (post-test II) à l'aide du HWBS, du PANAS et du SVS. Il y avait une différence statistiquement significative entre les scores des sous-échelles du HWBS du prétest et du post-test I et II (P < 0,05).

Il y avait une différence statistiquement significative entre les scores PANAS et SVS avant et après le test (P < 0,05).

Les séances de Reiki à distance ont amélioré le bien-être holistique des participants. Elles les ont également aidés à développer une humeur positive, à ressentir et à percevoir moins de tristesse, et à développer une vitalité subjective et une conscience cognitive.
Link: https://journals.lww.com/hnpjournal/abstract/2024/01000/the_effect_of_distant_reiki_sessions_on_holistic.8.aspx