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Estudio; El Reiki no es efectivo en el tratamiento de la fibromialgia | ||
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Estudio; El Reiki no es efectivo en el tratamiento de la fibromialgiaEdición | Fibromialgia.nom.es 24-11-2008 Estudio del tratamiento de Reiki en la fibromialgiaResumen Objetivo: En fibromialgia es común, condición que cursa con dolor crónico, que los pacientes suelen usen medicina complementaria y alternativa, incluyendo el Reiki. Nuestro objetivo era determinar si el Reiki es beneficioso como un tratamiento adyuvante fibromialgia. Configuración / Situación: El estudio médico se realizó en oficinas de Seattle, Washington área metropolitana. Las medidas de resultado: El resultado primario fue el dolor subjetivo, medido por la Escala Analógica Visual en las semanas 4, 8, y 20 (3 meses después de finalizar el tratamiento). Los resultados secundarios fueron física y mental de funcionamiento, la utilización de los medicamentos, la salud y proveedor de visitas. Participante en el cegamiento y los efectos adversos fueron comprobados por auto-reporte. Mejora entre los grupos fue examinado en una intención de tratar el análisis. Reiki for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Assefi N , Bogart A , Goldberg J , Buchwald D .Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Abstract Objective: Fibromyalgia is a common, chronic pain condition for which patients frequently use complementary and alternative medicine, including Reiki. Our objective was to determine whether Reiki is beneficial as an adjunctive fibromyalgia treatment. Design: This was a factorial designed, randomized, sham-controlled trial in which participants, data collection staff, and data analysts were blinded to treatment group. Setting/location: The study setting was private medical offices in the Seattle, Washington metropolitan area. Subjects: The subjects were comprised 100 adults with fibromyalgia. Intervention: Four (4) groups received twice-weekly treatment for 8 weeks by either a Reiki master or actor randomized to use direct touch or no touch (distant therapy). Outcome measures: The primary outcome was subjective pain as measured by visual analog scale at weeks 4, 8, and 20 (3 months following end of treatment). Secondary outcomes were physical and mental functioning, medication use, and health provider visits. Participant blinding and adverse effects were ascertained by self-report. Improvement between groups was examined in an intention-to-treat analysis. Results: Neither Reiki nor touch had any effect on pain or any of the secondary outcomes. All outcome measures were nearly identical among the 4 treatment groups during the course of the trial. Conclusion: Neither Reiki nor touch improved the symptoms of fibromyalgia. Energy medicine modalities such as Reiki should be rigorously studied before being recommended to patients with chronic pain symptoms. PMID: 18991519 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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