J Altern Complement Med. 2008 Nov;14(9):1115-22. doi: 10.1089/acm.2008.0068. Reiki for the treatment of fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled trial. 靈氣用於治療纖維肌痛: 一項隨機對照試驗。 Abstract 摘要 OBJECTIVE: 目的 Fibromyalgia is a common, chronic pain condition for which patients frequently use complementary and alternative medicine, including Reiki. Our objective was to determine whether Reiki is beneficial as an adjunctive fibromyalgia treatment. 纖維肌痛是一種常見的慢性疼痛疾病，患者經常使用補充和替代藥物，包括靈氣。 我們的目標是 確定是否靈氣是作為輔助治療纖維肌痛有益。 DESIGN:計劃 This was a factorial designed, randomized, sham-controlled trial in which participants, data collection staff, and data analysts were blinded to treatment group. 這是一個因設計，隨機，假對照試驗，參與者，數據收集人員和數據分析師對治療組不知情。 SETTING/LOCATION: 環境/場所 The study setting was private medical offices in the Seattle, Washington metropolitan area. 研究背景是在華盛頓州西雅圖市區的私人醫療辦公室。 SUBJECTS:主題 The subjects were comprised 100 adults with fibromyalgia. 受試者由 100 名纖維肌痛患者組成。 INTERVENTION:介入 Four (4) groups received twice-weekly treatment for 8 weeks by either a Reiki master or actor randomized to use direct touch or no touch (distant therapy). 四（4）組每週接受兩次治療，每周治療 8 週，由靈氣治療師或扮演者隨機使用直接觸摸或不觸摸.(遠 距療法) OUTCOME MEASURES: 成果測量 The primary outcome was subjective pain as measured by visual analog scale at weeks 4, 8, and 20 (3 months following end of treatment). Secondary outcomes were physical and mental functioning, medication use, and health provider visits. Participant blinding and adverse effects were ascertained by self-report. Improvement between groups was examined in an intention-to-treat analysis. 主要終點是在第 4,8 和 20 週（治療結束後 3 個月）通過視覺模擬量表測量個人的疼痛。 次要結果 是身體和心理功能，藥物使用和健康提供者的訪問。 通過自我報告確定參與者盲點和不良反應。 群體之間改善的意向處理分析進行了檢查。 RESULTS: 結果 Neither Reiki nor touch had any effect on pain or any of the secondary outcomes. All outcome measures were nearly identical among the 4 treatment groups during the course of the trial. 靈氣和接觸都沒有任何影響疼痛或任何次要的結果。 在試驗過程中，4 個治療組的所有結局指標 幾乎相同。 CONCLUSION: 結論 Neither Reiki nor touch improved the symptoms of fibromyalgia. Energy medicine modalities such as Reiki should be rigorously studied before being recommended to patients with chronic pain symptoms. 靈氣和接觸都沒有改善纖維肌痛的症狀。在推薦給慢性疼痛症狀患者之前，應該嚴格研究靈氣等能 量醫學方式。 孫清讚譯 |
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