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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| R21AT001437 | U.S. NIH Grant/Contract | View source | |
| SchlitzMJ |
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| National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) | NIH |
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This trial examines the impact of patients' knowledge of an experienced distant healer's efforts to heal them on measures of wound healing, psychosocial functioning, and physiological symptoms after plastic surgery.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Distant Healing | Experimental | This group received distant healing but was blinded to the condition. |
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| Non-blinded Distant Healing | Placebo Comparator | This group received the distant healing intervention and was called every day they were receiving to be told they were receiving it, therefore enhancing expectancy. |
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| Blinded Control | No Intervention | This group was blinded to the intervention condition and did not receive any distant healing. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Distance healing | Behavioral |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Collagen deposition in a surrogate wound | 8 days |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| POMS normalized mood scores | Compared from baseline to end of distant healing period | 8 days |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| SF-36 Mental Composite Score | 8 days | |
| SF-36 Physical Composite Score | 8 days |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Marilyn J Schlitz, PhD | California Pacific Medical Center | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Complementary Medicine Research Institute | San Francisco | California | 94115 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 22742672 | Background | Schlitz M, Hopf HW, Eskenazi L, Vieten C, Radin D. Distant healing of surgical wounds: an exploratory study. Explore (NY). 2012 Jul-Aug;8(4):223-30. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2012.04.004. |
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