08/11/2026
More evidence that Reiki reduces pain and improves quality of life in cancer patients - this study focuses on Children with Leukemia.
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ธ๐ถ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ธ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฎ
A 2025 study ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฌ๐ช ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ข ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง 5-7 ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฏ, ๐๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ: ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐บ by Demir et al. examined the effect of Reiki performed on 66 children with leukemia between the ages of 5โ7 years on pain, vital signs, oxygen saturation, and quality of life. The research was a double-blind, pre-test-post-test randomized controlled experimental study. The data were collected using Information Form, Wong-Baker FACES Pain Scale (W-BPS), Vital Signs Follow-up Form, and The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) 3.0 Cancer Module.
Reiki was performed to the Reiki group for 20โ30 minutes once per day, for 3 consecutive days and pseudo-Reiki was applied to the pseudo-Reiki group by an independent nurse during the same period. Reiki did not affect the vital signs of the children but was effective in reducing pain and increasing the quality of life compared with the pseudo-Reiki and control groups.
Noting the study's rigorous design and its evidence-based rationale for incorporating Reiki treatments more broadly into cancer care practices, CRR reviewers scored this paper, published in the ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, highly (Very Good/Excellent) using the CRR Touchstone evaluation process.
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