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

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue , 2017, Pages 73-78

  Carneiro, Élida Mara ^a,b,c   Barbosa, Luana Pereira ^b   Marson, Jorge Marcelo ^b   Terra, Juverson Alves ^b   Martins, Claudio Jacinto Pereira ^b   Modesto, Danielle ^b   Resende, Luiz Antônio Pertili Rodrigues de ^b   Borges, Maria de Fátima ^a,b,c  

^a Committee on Religious and Spiritual Assistance ^*  (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Medical Spiritist Association (AMEUBE)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Complementary therapies; Coronary artery disease; Depression; Energy therapies; Spiritual healing; Therapeutic touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPIRITUAL HEALING; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION;

ANXIETY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONUS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; RELIGION; SPIRITUAL THERAPIES;

EID: 85007209102     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2016.11.008     Document Type: Article

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