Evaluating well-being changes from a Reiki energy medicine session and how people "see" energy during those sessions

Extended perception corroboration: a pilot study with energy medicine practitioners

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN16257705

Enrollment

Registered

2022-01-10

Start date

2021-06-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-08-05

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Conditions

Observation of patients with one or more of the following conditions: current physical injury, current memory issues, current anxiety, current depressive symptoms Not Applicable

Interventions

Six expert Reiki Masters were the energy medicine practitioners and gave 30-minute sessions to 40 participants. Participants had one or more of the following conditions: acute physical injury (such as

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Adult aged 18 years or older 2. Comfortable receiving an energy medicine session at the study site 3. Willing to complete all study activities 4. Have one or more of the following conditions: current physical injury (e.g., recent sprain, strain, or broken bone) as assessed by self-report; current memory issues as assessed with a score of less than 15 on the Inoue Computerized Test Battery (Inoue, et al., 2009); current anxiety as assessed with a score between 5 and 15 on the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (Spitzer, et al, 2006); current depressive symptoms as assessed with a score between 16 and 25 on the CESD-5 (Weissman, et al, 1977)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. No signs of COVID-19

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Well-being was measured using the Arizona Integrative Outcomes Scale (AIOS) within 48 hours of the session, immediately before the session, immediately after, and one week later (Bell et al., 2004).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Positive and negative affect was measured with the Positive and Negative Affective Scale within 48 hours of the session and one week later (Thompson, 2007; Watson et al., 1988). 2. Sleep quality was measured using the Sleep Quality Scale within 48 hours of the session and one week later (Cappelleri et al., 2009). 3. Pain was measured using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (Farrar et al., 2001) within 48 hours of the session and one week later. 4. Self-transcendence was measured using the Cloninger Self-Transcendence Scale within 48 hours of the session and one week later (Cloninger et al., 1994). 5. Interconnectedness with nature was measured using the Inclusion of Nature in Self (INS) (Schultz, 2002; Schultz et al., 2004) within 48 hours of the session and one week later. 6. Interconnectedness with others was measured using the Inclusion of the Other in Self (IOS) (Aron et al., 1991, 1992) within 48 hours of the session and one week later. 7. Symptoms were measured using a Review of Systems Symptom Checklist immediately before the session. 8. Energetic observations were measured using a Code Checklist immediately after the session. 9. Qualitative subjective experiences were measured using an Observation Table immediately after the session.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Positive and negative affect was measured with the Positive and Negative Affective Scale within 48 hours of the session and one week later (Thompson, 2007; Watson et al., 1988). 2. Sleep quality was measured using the Sleep Quality Scale within 48 hours of the session and one week later (Cappelleri et al., 2009). 3. Pain was measured using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (Farrar et al., 2001) within 48 hours of the session and one week later. 4. Self-transcendence was measured using the Cloninger Self-Transcendence Scale within 48 hours of the session and one week later (Cloninger et al., 1994). 5. Interconnectedness with nature was measured using the Inclusion of Nature in Self (INS) (Schultz, 2002; Schultz et al., 2004) within 48 hours of the session and one week later. 6. Interconnectedness with others was measured using the Inclusion of the Other in Self (IOS) (Aron et al., 1991, 1992) within 48 hours of the session and one week later. 7. Symptoms were measured using a Review of Systems Symptom Checklist immediately before the session. 8. Energetic observations were measured using a Code Checklist immediately after the session. 9. Qualitative subjective experiences were measured using an Observation Table immediately after the session.

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Countries

United States of America

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 10, 2026