Safety/Effectiveness Study of a Single Session of Laying-on-of-hands in Various Settings in Japan

A Large Cross-sectional Study of Laying-on-of-hands in Japan: Who Responds to it and What Facilitates the Response?

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01316029

Acronym

SELH

Enrollment

44587

Registered

2011-03-16

Start date

2007-02-28

Completion date

2007-12-31

Last updated

2011-03-16

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Conditions

Personal Satisfaction, Physical Disorders, Signs and Symptoms

Keywords

Laying-on-of-hands, Therapeutic touch, cross-sectional study, healing environment, safety and effectiveness, optimal condition for the intervention

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the symptomatic changes after a single session of laying-on-of-hands in various settings, and to evaluate optimal conditions for the outcomes.

Detailed description

Laying-on-of-hands is applied in many different situations; however, most reports published previously described its efficacy in a clinical setting, with its administration conducted by a few expert practitioners. This study aimed to determine the symptomatic changes after a single session of the Okada Purifying Therapy, a form of laying-on-of-hands, in various settings, and to analyze factors influencing the outcomes.

Interventions

PROCEDUREOkada Purifying Therapy

Each participant received a single session of Okada Purifying Therapy lasting 30 minutes or longer, administered by a voluntary certified practitioner.

Study design

Observational model

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

16 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* able to receive laying-on-of-hands for 30 minutes or longer from the investigators * able to self-evaluate the change of their symptoms * competent to answer the Japanese questionnaires * aged 16 years or older

Exclusion criteria

* those who did not match the inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Severity of various symptoms	Baseline and immediately after a single intervention	Participants self-evaluated the severity of various symptoms before and after the intervention, and determined whether their symptoms got better, worsened, or did not change.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Adjusted odds ratios of the factors influencing the outcomes	in 1 year	After collecting all the eligible data, to be clarified are such personal variables as demographic attributes associated with the tendency to respond, and factors that facilitate such responses.

Countries

Japan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026