The Effect of Distant Reiki on the Stress and Fatigue Levels of Nurses Working in COVID-19 Clinics: A
Nilay Bektaş Akpınar1, Ulviye Özcan Yüce, Sabire Yurtsever
1Nursing Department, Health Sciences Faculty, Ankara Medipol University, Ankara, Turkey (Dr Bektaş Akpınar); Nursing Department, Health Sciences Faculty, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Osmaniye, Turkey (Dr Özcan Yüce); and Teona Training and Counseling Center, Mersin, Turkey (Dr Yurtsever).
Abstract:
The study was conducted using a pre/posttest, randomized-controlled, single-blind trial method. After the pretest, a survey was administered and, distant Reiki was applied to nurses in the intervention group (n = 30) for 20 minutes a day for 4 consecutive days at a usual time. No intervention was made in the control group (n = 32). On the second day after the fourth Reiki session, a posttest survey was administered to nurses in the intervention group. The control group, on the other hand, was administered the posttest survey together with the last intervention group. As a result, in the intervention group, there was a decrease in the mean scores of the Helpless Approach subdimension on the Coping Style Scale and an increase in the mean scores of the Optimistic Approach and Social Support subdimensions ( P < .05). In the Visual Analog Scale for Fatigue, the mean Fatigue score in the intervention group decreased and there was an increase in the Energy subdimension mean score ( P < .05).
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