Background: Complementary Spiritist Therapy (ECT) based on a range of therapeutic resources including prayer, spiritist "passe", fluidotherapy (fluidic water or magnetized water), spirit education. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of ECT in individuals at UFTM Hospital de Clínicas. Methods: Randomized controlled trial, patients were randomly. Patients will then be allocated into groups: * The group submitted to ECT (prayer, spiritual education, spiritist "passe" and fluidized water or prayer or spiritist "passe" or laying on of hands with intent to heal or laying on of hands with intent to heal or fluidized water or no-fluidized water or Control group (CG) will not be submitted to any intervention.
Distribution of subjects according to the group to be worked and place of data collection: Group to be worked: patients hospitalized in the medical and surgical clinic, orthopedics, neurology, emergency adult , gynecology and obstetrics and employees of the clinic hospital After randomization, participants included in the study will be allocated to one of the groups: * The group submitted to ECT: 1. Prayer: approximation of the person to God through words including gratitude, personal petition and intercession for others, about 2 to 3 minutes; 2. Spiritual education: reading and commentary of the Gospel according to Spiritism for about 10 minutes; 3. Spiritist "passe": to carry out the spiritist pass, the passers-by will be asked to position themselves in front of the bed, to place their hands on the head of the person alternating with passing their hands repeatedly on or over the person, positioned lying in the dorsal position, distance about 10 to 15 cm and apply the spiritist pass for 2 to 3 minutes. Individuals will be directed to direct the thoughts in heath during the intervention; 4. Fluid Therapy by means of magnetized or fluidized water: you will be asked to stand in front of the table containing a tray with 20 ml water cups, to place hands on the cups wishing health and healing intentions, for approximately 2 minutes . The total time of interventions will be about 10-15 minutes. * The control group (CG) will not be submitted to any intervention. * The Spiritist "passe" be submitted to Spiritist "passe": To carry out the spiritist pass, the passers-by will be asked to position themselves in front of the participant, to place their hands on the head of the person alternating with passing their hands repeatedly on or over the person, distance about 10 to 15 cm and apply the spiritist pass between 5-10 minutes. Individuals will be directed the thoughts in heath during the intervention. * The laying on of hands with intent to heal: To carry out the volunteers, the passers-by will be asked to position themselves in front of the participant, to place their hands on the head of the person alternating with passing their hands repeatedly on or over the person, distance about 10 to 15 cm and apply the spiritist pass between 5-10 minutes. Individuals will be directed the thoughts in heath during the intervention. * The Fluid Therapy: Fluid Therapy by means of magnetized or fluidized water: you will be asked to stand in front of the table containing a tray with water cups, to place hands on the cups wishing health and healing intentions, for approximately 10 minutes. * The No-Fluid Therapy: individuals will receive non-fluidic water. * The Prayer group: After intervention blood collection will be performed and the questionnaires will be applied again.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
160
Complementary Spiritist Therapy: 1. Prayer: for 1 to 2 minutes. 2. Spiritual education: reading and commentary of the Gospel according to Spiritism, about 7 minutes. 3. Spiritist "passe, for 2-min. 4. Fluid therapy.
Individuals will receive prayer during 1 to 2 minutes.
Individuals will receive Spiritist "passe" during 5 to 10 minutes.
Individuals will receive laying on of hands with intent to heal during 5 to 10 minutes.
Individuals will receive fluid therapy.
Individuals will receive no-fluid therapy.
Élida Mara Carneiro
Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
RECRUITINGChange in Anxiety sympton.
The Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21). This scale is a Likert 4-point scale between 0 (not applicable to me) and 3 (applies to me a lot, or most of the time). Scores for depression, anxiety and stress are determined by summing the scores of the 21 items.
Time frame: The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
change in Depression.
The HAD subscale. Each of your items can be punctuated with zero to three, composing a maximum score of 21 points for each scale.
Time frame: The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in Depression sympton.
The Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21). This scale is a Likert 4-point scale between 0 (not applicable to me) and 3 (applies to me a lot, or most of the time). Scores for depression, anxiety and stress are determined by summing the scores of the 21 items.
Time frame: The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in Tension muscle.
The visual analog scale of tension muscle. The most simple VAS is a straight horizontal line of fixed length, usually 100 mm. The ends are defined as the extreme limits of the parameter to be measured (symptom) orientated from the left (worst) to the right (best).
Time frame: The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in wellness subjective.
The wellness subjective scale. This scale is is composed of 21 items of evaluation of positive affect, 26 items of negative affect and satisfaction with life consists of 15 items.
Time frame: The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in wellness.
The visual analog scale of wellness. The most simple VAS is a straight horizontal line of fixed length, usually 100 mm. The ends are defined as the extreme limits of the parameter to be measured (symptom) orientated from the left (worst) to the right (best).
Time frame: The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in hematological and immunological responses.
Hemogram, immunoglobulin A , cortisol and Cytokine Doses.
Time frame: The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in pain.
The visual analog scale of Pain. The most simple Visual Analog Pain Scale is a straight horizontal line of fixed length, usually 100 mm. The ends are defined as the extreme limits of the parameter to be measured (symptom) orientated from the left (worst) to the right (best).
Time frame: The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in blood pressure
Blood pressure (mmHg) is assessed by blood pressure gauge.
Time frame: The blood pressure will be evaluated an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in respiratory rate
Respiratory (ipm) rate is assessed by manual count.
Time frame: The respiratory rate will be evaluated an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in cardiac rate
Cardiac rate (bpm) is assessed by oximeter More Fitness.
Time frame: The cardiac rate will be evaluated an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in oxygen saturation
oxygen saturation (%) is assessed by oximeter More Fitness.
Time frame: The oxygen saturation will be evaluated an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in Heart rate variability
Heart rate variability. It is measured by electrocardiogram (ECG) or frequency meter
Time frame: The heart rate variability will be assessed on 1 day.
Change in Burnout.
Maslach Burnout Inventory. The instrument consists of 15 questions that are subdivided into three subscales: Emotional Exhaustion (EE) (5 items); Disbelief (DE) (4 items) and Professional Efficacy (EP) (6 items). All items are evaluated on a 7-point Likert scale, ranging from 0 (never) to 6 (always).
Time frame: The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in Quality of life
Whoqol. The instrument module consists of 26 questions (being question number 1 and 2 on general quality of life), the answers follow a Likert scale (from 1 to 5, the higher the score the better the quality of life). Apart from these two questions (1 and 2), the instrument has 24 facets which comprise 4 domains that are: PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL RELATIONS and ENVIRONMENT.
Time frame: The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in Stress score.
The scale of stress. This assessment is a questionnaire that evaluates stress in four levels - alert, resistance, almost exhaustion and exhaustion. The instrument assesses the presence of symptoms and how the individual has felt in the last 24 h, in the last month and in the last 3 months. For each period of time, a set of 15 physical and emotional symptoms is evaluated for the first 2 periods and 23 symptoms are evaluated for the last period.
Time frame: The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in Stress.
The Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21). This scale is a Likert 4-point scale between 0 (not applicable to me) and 3 (applies to me a lot, or most of the time). Scores for depression, anxiety and stress are determined by summing the scores of the 21 items.
Time frame: The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in perceived anxiety.
Visual analog scale. The most simple VAS is a straight horizontal line of fixed length, usually 100 mm. The ends are defined as the extreme limits of the parameter to be measured (symptom) orientated from the left (worst) to the right (best).
Time frame: The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
Change in Anxiety.
The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. It has 14 items, seven of which are for evaluation of anxiety (HADS-A) and seven for depression (HADS-D). Each of your items can be punctuated with zero to three, composing a maximum score of 21 points for each scale.
Time frame: The instrument will be applied an average on 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 15 days, 2 mounths.
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