Tokyo, Sept. 20 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000062996) titled 'A Study of the Effects of Reiki on Stress Responses in Nurses' on Sept. 19.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Basic Design - Cross-over Randomization - Randomized Blinding - Open -no one is blinded Control - No treatment

Primary Sponsor: Institute - Gunma University

Condition: Condition - Occupational stress Classification by malignancy - Others Genomic information - NO

Objective: Narrative objectives1 - The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of Reiki intervention on nurses psychological and physiological stress responses using a mixed methods approach with a convergent design. Basic objectives2 - Efficacy

Intervention: Interventions/Control_1 - Period 1 Reiki intervention: Participants will wear earplugs and rest in a reclining chair with towels placed over the head and eyes shoulders and body. Hands will be lightly placed on four areas including the eyes, head, ears and temporal regions, and shoulders for 5 minutes each, for a total of 20 minutes.

Washout period: 6 weeks or longer

Period 2 Control condition: Participants will wear earplugs and rest for 20 minutes in a reclining chair under the same environmental conditions as the Reiki intervention with towels placed over the head and eyes shoulders and body. Interventions/Control_2 - Period 1 Control condition: Participants will wear earplugs and rest for 20 minutes in a reclining chair under the same environmental conditions as the Reiki intervention with towels placed over the head and eyes shoulders and body.

Washout period: 6 weeks or longer

Period 2 Reiki intervention: Participants will wear earplugs and rest in a reclining chair with towels placed over the head and eyes shoulders and body. Hands will be lightly placed on four areas including the eyes, head, ears and temporal regions, and shoulders for 5 minutes each, for a total of 20 minutes.

Eligibility: Age-lower limit - Not applicable Age-upper limit - Not applicable Gender - Female Key inclusion criteria - Participants must meet all of the following criteria. There are no restrictions based on full time or part time employment status.

1. Hold a nursing license 2. Female 3. Work 8 hours or more during a day shift 4. Work in Kyoto Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture, Osaka Prefecture, or Hyogo Prefecture 5. Work in one of the following facilities: hospital clinic with beds clinic without beds home visit nursing station long term care health facility long term care medical facility or special nursing home for older adults Key exclusion criteria - Have previous experience of education or training in Reiki practice or previous experience of practicing Reiki Target Size - 38

Recruitment Status: Recruitment status - Preinitiation Date of protocol fixation - 2026 Year 06 Month 03 Day Date of IRB - 2026 Year 06 Month 22 Day Anticipated trial start date - 2026 Year 11 Month 01 Day Last follow-up date - 2028 Year 03 Month 31 Day

To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000072117

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