Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development

Many heart patients need Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) for their health and survival. CABG is known as the first and best choice in the treatment of these patients.the aim m this study was to study the effect of Reiki on chest pain of the patients undergoing CABG.

Forty patients after CABG were randomly assigned to Reiki and Sham Reiki groups. CABG Postoperative Chest Pain Caused by Coughing and Deep Breathing were measured before and after the interventions. The patients underwent Reiki healing energy and sham Reiki for 9 minutes. The short and modified version of the McGill pain questionnaire and the Visual Analog Scale was used for pain measurement.

shows that 60% of the patients were male in both groups. No significant difference was found between two groups in terms of age, length of stay, and the outset of energy healing (P>0.05). No significant difference was found in terms of diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and history of smoking and drug addiction (P>0.05).

According to the findings, Reiki energy healing is advised as a non-medical method, easy, inexpensive, noninvasive, and effective method for pain relief of the CABG patients.

future studies recommended are recommended to study the stability of Reiki on pain severity of patients at different times after intervention and compare the Reiki with drug therapy and other methods of complementary medicine for reducing the postoperative pain in order to provide better services for patients.