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validation>Recognition
The benefits of reiki are starting to be recognized by communities around the world. Public, private and veterinary hospitals, universities, schools of nursing, health insurances, foundations and charities promoting health or supporting the sick, are thus starting to take an interest in reiki treatment. Depending on their calling, they offer information, treatment, contributions to scientific research, initiation and reimbursement of treatment fees.
Below are links to the websites of some of these establishments in the United Kingdom, Canada, United-States, Australia, Germany and Switzerland, taking you directly to the pages concerned (new windows ; if necessary, type « reiki » in your browser search box).
United Kingdom
Southampton University Hospitals NHS, Southampton :
- reiki treatment offered to palliative care cancer patients (
day care)
Aintree University Hospitals NHS, Liverpool :
- reiki treatment offered by
elderly medicine services
The Prince’s Foundation for Integrated Health (HRH Prince Charles’s foundation) :
- information about reiki (
complementary therapies)
Canada
Université de Moncton, Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick :
- reiki offered as a
customized training (
Santé et mieux-être section)
United-States
Johns Hopkins Hospital
(America’s Best Hospitals 2009), Baltimore, Maryland :
- part of complementary therapies, including reiki, in the nurses’ practice and education (
school of nursing journal, spring 2007, pp. 26, 29, 32-33)
Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New-York Presbyterian
(America’s Best Children’s Hospitals 2009), New York, New York :
- reiki treatment offered to children to
complement conventional cancer treatments
New York University Medical Center
(America’s Best Hospitals 2009), New York, New York :
-
reiki treatment offered to children with cancer or blood disorder
- reiki treatment offered to patients with joint disease (
services)
- reiki treatment offered to patients with multiple sclerosis (
programs)
-
reiki treatment offered to women with disabilities
Concord Hospital, Concord, New Hampshire :
- reiki treatment offered to patients nearing the
end of life
St. Joseph Hospital, Nashua, New Hampshire :
- reiki treatment offered to
seniors
York Hospital, York, Maine :
- pre-op, post-op and inter-op reiki treatment offered to surgical patients (
wellness)
George Washington University Medical Center, Washington DC :
-
reiki treatment offered to patients
Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts :
- reiki treatment offered to children (
integrative therapies)
Saint Agnes Medical Center, Fresno, California :
-
reiki treatment offered to patients
Hawaii Pacific Health-Wilcox Memorial Hospital, Lihue, Hawaï :
- reiki treatment offered to patients (
patient support services)
Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut :
-
reiki treatment offered to patients
Stamford Hospital, Stamford, Connecticut :
- reiki treatment offered to patients (
services)
South San Diego Veterinary Hospital, San Diego, California :
- reiki treatment offered for animals (
approach to pets’ care)
Australia
St Patrick’s Care Centre, Fremantle, Western Australia :
- reiki treatment notably offered to people with alcohol or drug problems (
Drug and Alcohol Office)
Mission Australia – Youth Withdrawal and Respite Service, East Perth, Western Australia :
- reiki treatment offered to young people wanting to withdraw from alcohol or other drugs (
Drug and Alcohol Office)
Queensland’s Health :
- relaxation services including reiki sessions for Central Highlands Health Services
staff (
magazine nov. 2005, p. 14)
Germany
St. Augustinus Krankenhaus, Düren :
- reiki treatment offered (
well-being)
DRK Krankenhaus Lichtenstein (Red-Cross), Lichtenstein :
- reiki treatment offered (
physiotherapy)
Switzerland
ASCA (foundation for the recognition and development of alternative and complementary therapies) :
- certification for reiki practitioners (
therapies, p. 3 ;
health insurances)
RME (register of empiric medicines) :
- certification for reiki practitioners (
therapies)
validation>Scientific studies
Though using only small samples, scientific studies on reiki have begun to appear. Below are data from the abstracts of several published studies on reiki and other energetic practices with links to the complete abstracts on the Pubmed website (a service of the National Library of Medicine and of the National Institute for Health, developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information of the United-States) :
“The effectiveness of tai chi, yoga, meditation, and reiki healing sessions
in promoting health and enhancing
problem solving abilities of registered nurses”
Authors : Raingruber B., Robinson C. (University of California-Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA)
Year : 2007
Publication : Issues in Mental Health Nursing , 28(10) : 1141-55
Protocol
- Subjects : nurses
- Program : yoga, tai chi, meditation classes and reiki healing sessions
- Measures : self-care journals, analyzed with a Heideggerian phenomenological approach
Among the results
- Relaxing sSensations of warmth, tingling, and pulsation
- Enhanced problem solving ability
- Increased ability to focus on patient needs
“Autonomic nervous system changes during reiki treatment :
a preliminary study”
Authors : Mackay N., Hansen S., McFarlane O. (Institute of Neurological Sciences, South Glasgow University Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom)
Year : 2004
Publication : Journal of Alternative et Complementary Medicine, 10(6) : 1077-81
Protocol
- Subjects : 45 people
- Program : 3 random groups assigned each to 1 condition, no treatment (rest), reiki treatment, placebo treatment
- Measures : quantitative measures recorded, values during and after the treatment period compared with baseline data
Significant outcomes in the reiki group compared to both placebo and control groups
- Heart rate decreased
- Diastolic blood pressure decreased
“Biological correlates of Reiki touch(sm) healing”
Authors : Wardell D.W., Engebretson J. (School of Nursing, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United-States)
Year : 2001
Publication : Journal of Advanced Nursing, 33(4) : 439-45
Protocol
- Subjects : 23 essentially healthy people
- Program : 30-minute reiki session
- Measures : data collected before, during and immediately after the session
Significant results
- During the session :
- skin temperature increased
- muscle tension decreased
- Before/after the session :
- anxiety reduced
- salivary IgA levels rose
- drop in systolic blood pressure
“Using reiki to manage pain : a preliminary report”
Authors : Olson K., Hanson J. (Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Year : 1997
Publication : Cancer Prevention and Control, 1(2) : 108-13
Protocol
- Subjects : 20 volunteers experiencing pain at 55 sites and using opioid therapy
- Program : reiki treatment
- Measures : pain measured before and after the treatment
Significant results
- Highly significant reduction of pain
“A phase II trial of reiki for the management of pain
in advanced cancer patients”
Authors : Olson K., Hanson J., Michaud M. (Faculty of Nursing and International Institute for Qualitative Methodology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Year : 2003
Publication : Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 26(5) : 990-7
Protocol
- Subjects : 24 patients with cancer pain
- Program : 2 groups, either standard opioid management plus rest (2 rest periods within 7 days) or standard opioid management plus reiki (2 reiki treatments within 7 days)
- Measures : pain ratings, blood pressure, heart rate and respiration before and after treatment/rest periods ; analgesic use and pain ratings reported for 7 days ; quality of life assessed on days 1 et 7
Results for the reiki group compared with the rest group
- Improved pain control following treatments
- Improved quality of life
“The effect of reiki on pain and anxiety in women with abdominal hysterectomies : a quasi-experimental pilot study”
Authors : Vitale A.T., O’Connor P.C. (Community Medical Center, Toms River, New Jersey, United-States)
Year : 2006
Publication : Holistic Nursing Practice, 20(6) : 263-274
Protocol
- Subjects : 22 women after abdominal hysterectomy
- Program : 2 groups, the experimental one receiving traditional nursing care plus 3 30-minute sessions of reiki, the control one receiving traditional nursing care
Results for the experimental group compared to the control group
- Less pain
- Fewer analgesic requested
- Reduced state anxiety on discharge at 72 hours postoperation
“Pilot crossover trial of reiki versus rest
for treating cancer-related fatigue”
Authors : Tsang K.L., Carlson L.E., Olson K. (Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
Year : 2007
Publication : Integrative Cancer Therapies, 6(1) : 25-35
Protocol
- Subjects : 16 cancer patients
- Program : 2 conditions, reiki condition (daily reiki sessions, then days without treatment, then reiki sessions, then days without treatment) and resting condition (rest sessions instead of reiki sessions)
- Measures : questionnaires before and after reiki/rest sessions
Significant results in the reiki condition
- Fatigue decreased over the course of all treatments
- Improvements in quality of life compared to the resting condition
- Scores of presession 1 versus postsession 5 (results not seen in the resting condition) : significant decreases in tiredness, pain, and anxiety
“Long-term effects of energetic healing on symptoms of
psychological depression and self-perceived stress”
Author : Shore A.G. (PhD)
Year : 2004
Publication : Alternative Therapies: A Guide to Complementary Medicine, 10(3) : 42-48
Protocol
- Subjects : 46 participants
- Program : 3 random groups, receiving either hands-on reiki, or distance reiki, or distance reiki placebo ; 1 to 1,5 hour treatment each week for 6 weeks
- Measures : symptoms of psychological depression and self-perceived stress
Significant results for the treatment groups compared with the placebo group
- Reduction in symptoms of psychological distress
- Differences still present 1 year later
“Integrating complementary therapies into
community mental health practice : an exploration”
Authors : Collinge W., Wentworth R., Sabo S. (Collinge and Associates, Kittery Point, Maine, United-States)
Year : 2005
Publication : Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 11(3) : 569-74
Protocol
- Subjects : 25 people receiving ongoing psychotherapy, with a mean history of 7.4 years of mental health treatment, all histories including trauma, and a DSM-IV diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, anxiety disorder, or dual diagnosis
- Program : 5 sessions in the mean of either massage, or acupuncture, or reiki, or healing touch
- Measures : interview data before treatments ; ratings of satisfaction and perceived changes in four dimensions of trauma recovery after treatments
Results
- High levels of satisfaction of the service
- Significant levels of perceived change on each outcome measure
- Enhanced psychotherapeutic outcomes reported by mental health clinicians
“Using reiki to decrease memory and behavior problems
in mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer’s disease”
Authors : Crawford S.E., Leaver V.W., Mahoney S.D. (Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point, Perry, Maine, United-States)
Year : 2006
Publication : Journal of Alternative et Complementary Medicine, 12(9) : 911-3
Protocol
- Subjects : 24 participants, aged from 60 to 80 years old, with mild cognitive impairment or mild Alzheimer’s disease
- Program : 2 groups, either 4 weekly reiki treatment, or no treatment
- Measures : before and after treatment
Significant results
- Increase in mental functioning
- Improvement in memory problems
- Improvement in behavior problems
“A randomized double-blind study of the effect of distant healing
in a population with advanced AIDS. Report of a small scale study”
Authors : Sicher F., Targ E., Moore D. 2nd, Smith H.S. (Geraldine Brush Cancer Research Institute, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United-States)
Year : 1998
Publication : Western Journal of Medicine,169(6) : 356-63
Protocol
- Subjects : 40 patients with advanced AIDS
- Program : 2 groups, either 10 weeks of distance healing treatment (by healers located throughout the United States), or no treatment
- Measures : psychometric testing and blood draw at enrollment, and subjects followed for 6 months
Significant results at 6 months for the treatment subjects compared with the control group
- Fewer new AIDS-defining illnesses
- Lower illness severity
- Fewer doctor visits required
- Fewer hospitalizations required
- Fewer days of hospitalization required
- Better mood
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