Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Aug 2022)

Reiki for promotion of health and sleep quality in hospital nursing professionals

  • Josane Rosenilda da Costa,
  • Sonia Silva Marcon,
  • Rosane Gonçalves Nitschke,
  • Fátima Helena do Espírito Santo,
  • Diéssica Roggia Piexak,
  • Stefanie Griebeler Oliveira,
  • Herbert Leopoldo de Freitas Goes,
  • Pablo Jesús Lopez Soto

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0535
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 75, no. 5

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ABSTRACT Objectives: to know the repercussions of a Reiki therapy intervention on the sleep quality of nursing professionals working in a general hospital. Methods: a qualitative-quantitative study conducted with 16 professionals from the nursing team of a hospital in northwest Paraná, who participated in an intervention consisting of six weekly Reiki sessions. Data collected from September, 2019 to March, 2020 through semi-structured interviews and application of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index before and after the intervention. Results: better sleep quality, characterized by a reduction in the time to fall asleep and in nightmares, and an increase in sleeping hours. Conclusions: reiki intervention had a positive impact on the sleep quality of participants.

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