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NCT05486624
The Effect of Reiki Application on Episiotomy and Perineal Pain
NA trial testing Reiki in Episiotomy in 100 participants. Completed in 30 June 2021.
30 September 2020
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Kirsehir Ahi Evran Universitesi |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | supportive care |
| Enrollment | 100 |
| Start date | 1 August 2020 |
| Primary completion | 30 September 2020 |
| Estimated completion | 30 June 2021 |
| Sites | 1 location across Turkey (Türkiye) |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Reiki
Conditions studied
- Episiotomy — all drugs for Episiotomy →
- Birth — all drugs for Birth →
- Perineal Pain — all drugs for Perineal Pain →
Sponsor
Kirsehir Ahi Evran Universitesi — full company profile →
Who can join
18 and older, female only, with Episiotomy or Birth. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Purpose: To investigate the effect of Reiki application on postpartum episiotomy recovery and perineal pain in postpartum women who had vaginal delivery. Design and framework: The research is randomized controlled in a pre-test post-test order in a hospital in Turkey. By using Simple Random Numbers Table as the randomization method in the selection of the sample, a total of 86 puerperal women, 40 in the intervention group and 46 in the control group, were recruited. Episiotomy recovery of the intervention and control groups on the 1st day, 2nd day, 7th day, and 14th day postpartum was evaluated with the REEDA Scale, and perineal pain was evaluated with the McGill Pain Scale Short Form. Participants: Postpartum women who gave vaginal birth participated in the study. Intervention: 3 sessions of Reiki for 35-40 minutes were applied to the intervention group on the 1st, 2nd and 7th days of birth. Results: There was a significant difference between the mean REEDA Scale edema scores in the 7th day (p=0.028) and 14th day (p=0.013) follow-up of the intervention and control groups. A significant difference was found between the 3rd post-test McGill Pain Scale Short Form total pain score averages (p=0.005) and the 4th follow-up McGill Pain Scale Short Form total pain score averages (p=0.001) of the intervention and control groups.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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The impact of Reiki practice on episiotomy recovery and perineal pain: A randomized controlled study.
Aydemir H, Soğukpınar N, Kara M. · · 2024 · cited 1× · PMID 39097970 · DOI 10.29063/ajrh2024/v28i7.4
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05486624 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Kirsehir Ahi Evran Universitesi
- Last refreshed: 3 August 2022
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