The Effect of Acupressure and Reiki on Pain and Fatigue Levels

The Effect of Acupressure and Reiki on Pain and Fatigue Levels in Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Care

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05473845

Enrollment

156

Registered

2022-07-26

Start date

2022-02-11

Completion date

2022-07-21

Last updated

2022-07-26

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Conditions

Acupressure, Cancer Pain, Fatigue

Brief summary

This research was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of levels of pain and fatigue of acupressure and Reiki application on cancer patients receiving palliative care. The research was a single-blind, repeated measures, randomized controlled study. Research data were collected between February and July 2022. The research sample consisted of acupressure and Reiki application groups and a control group with 52 patients in each group, a total of 156 patients. Data was collected by means of a Patient Description Form, an Analgesic Follow-up Form, the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status Scale, the Numeric Pain Rating Scale, and the Brief Fatigue Inventory.

Interventions

PROCEDUREAcupressure intervention

Acupressure

PROCEDUREReiki intervention

Reiki

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. having a diagnosis of third or fourth-stage cancer, 2. being aged 18 years or older, 3. having had pain for at least one month in connection with cancer treatment or the symptoms of the disease, 4. using NSAII or non-opioid analgesics, 5. having a status of 3 or more on the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), 6. having a score of 0-3 on the ECOG-PS scale

Exclusion criteria

1. having a diagnosis of first or second-stage cancer, 2. being aged less than 18 years, 3. having bone or brain metastasis, 4. using opioid analgesics, 5. having a status of less than 3 on the NPRS, 6. having a status of between 4 and 5 on the ECOG-PS scale

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Numeric Pain Rating Scale	on the second day of the starting week	A score of 0 indicates no pain, 1-3 slight pain, 4-6 moderate pain, and 7-10 severe pain .
Brief Fatigue Inventory	on the second day of the starting week	It is scored between 0 and 10.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

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