Reiki’s effect on anxiety level and vital signs of Nursing academic

Abstract

Objective: Analyze the effect of Reiki on the level of anxiety and vital signs of nursing students.Method: This is a randomized clinical trial, with two groups, control and intervention, and participation of ten nursing students.  Randomization  was  performed  using  sealed  and  shuffled  envelopes (control  and  intervention),  that were distributed in a similar way to those interested in participating in the research. The socio-demographic identification instrument and anxiety inventory, Dash- State –IDATE was applied, beyond the assessment of Vital Signs before and after each session. Descriptive statistics and the Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney tests were used for data analysis.Results: All participants were female, single and 50% lived alone. Regarding anxiety, in the control group, only the variable “I feel safe” presented statistical significance before and after the study. In the intervention group, the questions “I feel rested”, “I am agitated”, “I feel like a nervous wreck” and “I feel happy” presented statistical significance. In the assessment of vital signs, in the intervention group, statistical significance  was  noted  in  heart  and  respiratory  rate  variations.Conclusion:  The  Reiki  technique  changes  some symptoms related to anxiety after the sessions are applied. And there is still an effect on vital signs, especially on heart and respiratory rate.