The Impact of Individualized Complementary and Integrative Health Interventions Provided in Clinical Settings on Quality of Life: A Systematic Review of Practice-Based Research

Dyer, Natalie L.; Surdam, Jessica; Srinivasan, Roshini; Agarwal, Ankita; Dusek, Jeffery A.

doi:10.1089/jicm.2021.0413

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“…Complementary and integrative medicine interventions have been reported to positively impact HRQOL and well-being in different clinical populations and with different medical conditions [19,20]. Acupuncture, as a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practice, has become progressively more accepted and is often used for pain management, supportive care for oncological diseases [21], symptom enhancement for chronic illnesses [22][23][24][25], and HRQOL [26,27].…”

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Effectiveness of Acupuncture on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis

Carvalho

Azevedo

et al. 2023

Healthcare

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Patients with kidney failure (KF) receiving maintenance hemodialysis (HD) experience numerous symptoms that impair their health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and contribute to high mortality rates. Acupuncture is often used for symptom enhancement and HRQOL. This blinded, randomized, controlled patient-assessor trial evaluated the effectiveness of acupuncture compared with sham acupuncture on patients’ HRQOL receiving maintenance HD as a secondary analysis. Seventy-two participants were randomly assigned to verum acupuncture (VA), sham acupuncture (SA), or waiting-list (WL) groups. The outcome was an improvement in HRQOL, assessed using the Kidney Disease Quality of Life—Short Form, version 1.3 (KDQOL-SF™ v1.3) at baseline, after treatment, and at 12-week follow-up. Non-parametric tests were used for statistical analysis. Of the 72 randomized patients, 67 were included in the complete analysis set. As for the changes between baseline and after treatment, the VA group showed significantly increased scores on most of the KDQOL-SF™ v1.3 scales compared to SA or WL groups (p < 0.05). No statistically significant differences between groups were observed in the changes from baseline to follow-up (p > 0.05). Compared to the sham treatment, acupuncture improved the HRQOL in patients receiving maintenance HD after treatment but not at follow-up.

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Effectiveness of Acupuncture on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis

Carvalho

Azevedo

et al. 2023

Healthcare

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“… 26 Studies continue to reinforce the value of integrative medicine in quality of life and morbidity outcomes. 27 The metaverse and extended technologies can offer new approaches to integrative medicine which include guided meditation, nutritional advice, yoga sessions and other mind-body therapies. 26 Furthermore, there is emerging evidence that VR and AR can offer anxiety relieving therapies to individuals suffering from PTSD/anxiety.…”

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The digital metaverse: Applications in artificial intelligence, medical education, and integrative health

Ahuja¹,

Polascik²,

Doddapaneni³

et al. 2023

Integrative Medicine Research

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“…Furthermore, there was no compensation for participating in the study, and integrative medicine studies with monetary incentives tend to show higher retention rates. 58,59 Therefore, future work will include compensation for questionnaire completion to increase participant retention. Lastly, the MYMOP was modified to include pre-established symptoms, which can be seen to limit its validity.…”

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Evaluation of a Distance Reiki Program for Frontline Healthcare Workers’ Health-Related Quality of Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Dyer,

Baldwin,

Pharo

et al. 2023

Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health

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Background Reiki is a biofield therapy which is based on the explanatory model that the fields of energy and information of living systems can be influenced to promote relaxation and stimulate a healing response. Objective To conduct a pragmatic within-subject pilot trial of a remote Reiki program for frontline healthcare workers’ health-related symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods Healthcare professionals in the UK (eg, physicians, nurses, and paramedics) were eligible to sign up for a distance Reiki program and were also invited to participate in the research study. Eight Reiki practitioners simultaneously gave each participant Reiki remotely for 20 minutes on 4 consecutive days. Feasibility of the research was assessed, including recruitment, data completeness, acceptability and intervention fidelity, and preliminary evaluation of changes in outcome measures. Participants’ stress, anxiety, pain, wellbeing, and sleep quality were evaluated with 7-point numerical rating scales. Measures were completed when signing up to receive Reiki (pre) and following the final Reiki session (post). Pre and post data were analyzed using Wilcoxon signed ranks tests. Results Seventy-nine healthcare professionals signed up to receive Reiki and took the baseline measures. Of those, 40 completed post-measures after the 4-day intervention and were therefore included in the pre-post analysis. Most participants were female (97.5%), and the mean age was 43.9 years old (standard deviations = 11.2). The study was feasible to conduct, with satisfactory recruitment, data completeness, acceptability, and fidelity. Wilcoxon signed ranks tests revealed statistically significant decreases in stress (M = −2.33; P < .001), anxiety (M = −2.79; P < .001) and pain (M = −.79; P < .001), and significant increases in wellbeing (M = −1.79; P < .001) and sleep quality (M = −1.33; P = .019). Conclusions The Reiki program was feasible and was associated with decreased stress, anxiety and pain, and increased wellbeing and sleep quality in frontline healthcare workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Impact of Individualized Complementary and Integrative Health Interventions Provided in Clinical Settings on Quality of Life: A Systematic Review of Practice-Based Research

Cited by 13 publications

References 61 publications

Effectiveness of Acupuncture on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis

Effectiveness of Acupuncture on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis

The digital metaverse: Applications in artificial intelligence, medical education, and integrative health

Evaluation of a Distance Reiki Program for Frontline Healthcare Workers’ Health-Related Quality of Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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