Department of Cardiology, Mersin University Hospital, Mersin, Turkey (Dr Avci); and Department of Medical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey (Dr Gün).
Holist Nurs Pract. 2023;37(5):268-276. doi: 10.1097/HNP.0000000000000601.
Pain, the most common and major source of fear in patients with cancer, reduces the quality of life. This systematic review was conducted to determine the effect of Reiki on pain applied to patients with cancer. The creation of a systematic review protocol and the writing of the article were based on the PRISMA-P (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols) criteria. The literature review was carried out in PubMed, Scopus, and Cochrane Library databases. Seven experimental and quasi-experimental studies met the inclusion criteria, and a total of 572 patients with cancer with sample sizes ranging from 18 to 180 were included. In-person Reiki was applied in 6 of the studies included in the systematic review, while in one of them, distance Reiki was applied. Although Reiki was found to reduce pain in 5 studies included in the review, it was determined that it was not effective on pain in 2 studies. A limited number of studies show that Reiki applied to patients with cancer has a positive effect on pain. It is recommended to conduct more randomized controlled trials with a high methodological quality that examine the effectiveness of Reiki application for patients with cancer.
疼痛是癌症患者最常见和主要的恐惧来源，会降低生活质量。本系统评价旨在确定应用于癌症患者的灵气对疼痛的影响。系统评价方案的制定和文章的撰写均基于 PRISMA-P（系统评价和荟萃分析方案的首选报告项目）标准。文献检索在 PubMed、Scopus 和 Cochrane Library 数据库中进行。有 7 项实验和准实验研究符合纳入标准，共有 572 名癌症患者纳入研究，样本量从 18 到 180 不等。在系统评价纳入的 6 项研究中，均采用了面对面的灵气疗法，而在其中一项研究中，采用了远程灵气疗法。虽然在系统评价纳入的 5 项研究中发现灵气可以减轻疼痛，但在另外 2 项研究中，灵气对疼痛没有效果。为数不多的研究表明，应用于癌症患者的灵气对疼痛有积极影响。建议开展更多高质量的随机对照试验，以评估灵气应用于癌症患者的效果。
