Healing Space Reiki Therapy: Effectiveness and Experiences | NCT06937359

Studies
Healing Space Reiki Therapy: Effectiveness and Experiences

NCT06937359

Sponsor

Louis Bolk Institute

Status

Completed

Last Update Posted

Apr 22, 2025Actual

Enrollment

93Actual

Phase

Not provided

Conditions

The Focus of the Study is on Any Volunteer With Any Symptom or Condition

Interventions

Reiki healing

Countries

Netherlands

Protocol Section

Identification Module Status Module Sponsor/Collaborators Module Oversight Module Description Module Conditions Module Design Module Arms/Interventions Module Outcomes Module Eligibility Module Contacts/Locations Module References Module IPD Sharing Statement Module

Results Section

Participant Flow Module Baseline Characteristics Module Outcome Measures Module Adverse Events Module More Info Module

Annotation Section

Annotation Module

Document Section

Large Document Module

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module Condition Browse Module Intervention Browse Module

Protocol Section

Identification Module

NCT ID

Results Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Annotation Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Document Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module

Version Holder

Status Module

Record Verification Date

Apr 2025

Overall Recruitment Status or Expanded Access Status

Completed

Last Known Status

Not provided

Delayed Posting

Not provided

Why Stopped

Not provided

Expanded Access Info

Start Date

Aug 1, 2017Actual

Primary Completion Date

Oct 1, 2023Actual

Completion Date

Nov 1, 2023Actual

First Submitted Date

Apr 9, 2025

First Submission Date that Met QC Criteria

Apr 17, 2025

First Posted Date

Apr 22, 2025Actual

Results Waived

Not provided

Results First Submitted Date

Not provided

Results First Submitted that Met QC Criteria

Not provided

Results First Posted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension (aka Delayed Results) First Submitted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Submitted that Passed QC Review

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Posted Date

Not provided

Last Update Submitted Date

Apr 17, 2025

Last Update Posted Date

Apr 22, 2025Actual

Sponsor/Collaborators Module

Responsible Party, by Official Title

Herman van Wietmarschen, PhD, Louis Bolk InstitutePrincipal Investigator

Lead Sponsor

Louis Bolk InstituteOTHER

Collaborators

Name	Class
Healing Space	UNKNOWN
National Research Centre of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Norway	OTHER

Oversight Module

Has Data Monitoring Committee (DMC)

Is FDA Regulated Drug

Is FDA Regulated Device

Is Unapproved Device

Not provided

Pediatric Postmarket Surveillance of a Device Product

Not provided

Product Exported from US

Not provided

FDAAA801 Violation

Not provided

Description Module

Brief Summary

Reiki is an energetic healing method in which a therapist uses his hands on or near the clients body to channel life energy and send it to the client. This activates healing within the client and restores balance.

In this study clients at the Reiki training institute Healing Space are monitored for 4 weeks during 4 weekly Reiki healing sessions. Any client 18 years or older with any complaint can participate. A validated MYMOP questionnaire is used to monitor one main complaint, one secondary complaint and overall wellbeing after each of the 4 treatment sessions and before the start of treatment. A small number of clients will be interviewed for additional in depth data about their experiences. The aim of the study is to gain understanding about the effectiveness of Reiki.

Detailed Description

Given the substantial international socio-economic burden of healthcare, the development of inexpensive, safe, and evidence-based treatments is highly desirable. Reiki, as a non-invasive and low-cost therapy, holds potential as a complementary approach to conventional medical treatments. However, the lack of consensus on its efficacy and mechanisms necessitates further investigation. This study aims to address these gaps by exploring the conditions clients report when visiting a Reiki healer and evaluating the subjective effectiveness and experiences of Reiki therapy. By doing so, the study seeks to contribute to the growing body of evidence on Reiki and inform its potential integration into healthcare systems.

This study is an observational prospective pre-post study with a convenience sample. The study is conducted at the Healing Space Reiki center in the Netherlands by Reiki practitioners trained at Healing Space. Each Reiki session lasts 1 hour and is conducted by 2 Reiki practitioners supervised by the founders of Healing Space. MYMOP questionnaires are provided before the first treatment (baseline) and then after each of the 4 treatments. A number of interviews is conducted after the complete treatment. All participants provided written informed consent. A waiver for full ethical assessment will be obtained from an ethical committee.

The MYMOP complaints are categorized into four primary groups: pain, psychological problems, fatigue, and other. Pre- and post comparisons of the four MYMOP measurements were performed usign paired t-tests and independent sample t-tests. Interviews are analysed thematically.

Design Module

Study Type

Observational

Number of References to an Expanded Access Study

Not provided

Expanded Access Types

Not provided

Patient Registry

Target Follow-Up Duration

Not provided

Phases

Not provided

Interventional Study Design

Allocation

Not provided

Intervention Model

Biospecimen

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Enrollment

93Actual

Arms/Interventions Module

Arm Groups

Not provided

Interventions

Name	Type	Description	Arm Group Labels	Other Names
Reiki healing	Other	Each client received four treatments with Healing Space Reiki Therapy: a foundation of Reiki, combined with a fully customized treatment with trauma processing and adjustments in diet and lifestyle at Dojo In Reiki treatments. In the Dojo In, there were 8 futons, with two Reiki Therapists at each futon treating one client. During these sessions, participants receive 4 Reiki treatments, each lasting about an hour, over 4 consecutive weeks. During these days, 2 trained and/or still training Reiki Therapists per treatment table provide a Reiki treatment under the supervision of the founders of Healing Space.		energy healing biofield therapy

Outcomes Module

Primary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Self reported main symptom	Self reported main symptom measured with the MYMOP questionnaire.	1 week

Secondary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Self reported secondary symptom	Self reported secondary symptom with the MYMOP questionnaire	1 week
Overall wellbeing	Self reported overall welbeing with the MYMOP questionnaire

Other Outcomes

Not provided

Eligibility Module

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Presence of any self reported complaint
18 years or older
No other treatments for this complaint during the intervention period

Exclusion Criteria:

Other treatments for the complaint during the intervention period

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Sex

All

Sex/Gender Based

Not provided

Sex/Gender Description

Not provided

Minimum Age

18 Years

Maximum Age

Not provided

Standard Ages

AdultOlder Adult

Study Population

Any adult person with any complaint contacting Healing Space for treatment

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Contacts/Locations Module

Central Contacts

Not provided

Overall Officials

Not provided

Locations

Facility	Status	City	State	ZIP	Country	Contacts
Healing Space		Bussum	Utrecht	1402AD	Netherlands

IPD Sharing Statement Module

Plan to Share IPD

Yes

Description

Anonymized MYMOP data and demographic data

Types

Study Protocol
Informed Consent Form (ICF)
Clinical Study Report (CSR)
Analytic Code

Time Frame

September 2024 till end of 2026

Access Criteria

NAFKAM will access anonymized MYMOP and demographic data in excel format

URL

Not provided