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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
160 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2015-09-10
2025-12-30
Brief Summary
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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.
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Detailed Description
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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.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
OTHER
DOUBLE
Study Groups
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Control group
No intervention.
No interventions assigned to this group
Complementary Spiritist Therapy
Prayer, Spirit education, Spiritist "passe" and magnetized water
Complementary Spiritist Therapy
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.
Prayer
Prayer during 1-2 minutes
Prayer
Individuals will receive prayer during 1 to 2 minutes.
Spiritist "passe"
Spiritist "passe" during 5-10 minutes.
Spiritist "passe"
Individuals will receive Spiritist "passe" during 5 to 10 minutes.
Laying on of hands with intent to heal
laying on of hands with intent to heal during 5-10 minutes.
laying on of hands with intent to heal
Individuals will receive laying on of hands with intent to heal during 5 to 10 minutes.
Fluid water or magnetized water
Spiritist healers laying on of hands hands on the glass of water and desire health, restoration of balance and health for the patient.
Fluid therapy.
Individuals will receive fluid therapy.
Non-fluidic water
individuals receive water without fluidification (no laying on of hands hands on the glass of water).
No-fluid therapy.
Individuals will receive no-fluid therapy.
Interventions
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Complementary Spiritist Therapy
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.
Prayer
Individuals will receive prayer during 1 to 2 minutes.
Spiritist "passe"
Individuals will receive Spiritist "passe" during 5 to 10 minutes.
laying on of hands with intent to heal
Individuals will receive laying on of hands with intent to heal during 5 to 10 minutes.
Fluid therapy.
Individuals will receive fluid therapy.
No-fluid therapy.
Individuals will receive no-fluid therapy.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
* Lowering the level of consciousness.
18 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Universidade Federal do Triangulo Mineiro
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Elida Mara Carneiro da Silva
Clinic Physiotherapist
Principal Investigators
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Élida M Carneiro, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Spiritist Medical Association of Uberaba
Locations
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Élida Mara Carneiro
Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Clinical Hospital Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro
Role: CONTACT
Facility Contacts
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References
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de Souza Cavalcante R, Banin VB, de Moura Ribeiro Paula NA, Daher SR, Habermann MC, Habermann F, Bravin AM, da Silva CE, de Andrade LG. Effect of the Spiritist "passe" energy therapy in reducing anxiety in volunteers: A randomized controlled trial. Complement Ther Med. 2016 Aug;27:18-24. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2016.05.002. Epub 2016 May 6.
Carneiro EM, Moraes GV, Terra GA. Effectiveness of Spiritist Passe (Spiritual Healing) on the Psychophysiological Parameters in Hospitalized Patients. Adv Mind Body Med. 2016 Summer;30(3):4-10.
Lucchetti G, de Oliveira RF, Goncalves JP, Ueda SM, Mimica LM, Lucchetti AL. Effect of Spiritist "passe" (Spiritual healing) on growth of bacterial cultures. Complement Ther Med. 2013 Dec;21(6):627-32. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2013.08.012. Epub 2013 Aug 31.
Carneiro EM, Barbosa LP, Marson JM, Terra JA Junior, Martins CJ, Modesto D, Resende LA, Borges MF. Effectiveness of Spiritist "passe" (Spiritual healing) for anxiety levels, depression, pain, muscle tension, well-being, and physiological parameters in cardiovascular inpatients: A randomized controlled trial. Complement Ther Med. 2017 Feb;30:73-78. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2016.11.008. Epub 2016 Nov 24.
Carneiro EM, Tosta AM, Antonelli IBS, Soares VM, Oliveira LFA, Borges RMC, da Silva AP, Borges MF. Effect of Spiritist "Passe" on Preoperative Anxiety of Surgical Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Double-Blind. J Relig Health. 2020 Aug;59(4):1728-1739. doi: 10.1007/s10943-019-00841-7.
Other Identifiers
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UFTM
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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