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

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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Main Authors:	Costa,Josane Rosenilda da, Marcon,Sonia Silva, Nitschke,Rosane Gonçalves, Santo,Fátima Helena do Espírito, Piexak,Diéssica Roggia, Oliveira,Stefanie Griebeler, Goes,Herbert Leopoldo de Freitas, Soto,Pablo Jesús Lopez
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 2022
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672022000600167
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