Open AccessComplementary therapies in controlling side-effects during cancer treatment
Author(s) -
Vinicius Teixeira Botelho,
Meline Rossetto Kron Rodrigues,
Guilherme Augusto Rago Ferraz,
Cassiana Mendes Bertoncello Fontes,
Maria Helena Borgato,
Antônio Francisco Godinho,
Silvana Andréa Molina Lima
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2411-2933
DOI - 10.31686/ijier.vol9.iss7.3245
Subject(s) - medicine , anxiety , meta analysis , medline , randomized controlled trial , quality of life (healthcare) , systematic review , physical therapy , psychiatry , nursing , political science , law
This systematic review evaluated whether reiki had an impact on patients undergoing chemo-therapy, with possible improvement of the following outcomes: fatigue, pain, anxiety and quality of life. Method: Systematic review study with meta-analysis conducted at a tertiary care center. The following databases were searched until July 2020: MEDLINE, LILACS and CENTRAL. Two re-viewers independently examined eligible articles, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias using the Cochrane tool. Results: The analyzes included eight studies and showed that there was a sta-tistically significant for anxiety control (MD = -2-09; 95% CI: -3.00 to -1.19; I2 = 51%) and Quality of life (MD = -5.97; 95% CI: -10.70 to -1.25; I2 = 97%) but no statistically significant difference was found for the other outcomes analyzed. An analysis of the risk of bias has uncertain methodological limitations in the studies. Conclusions: Although there is anxiety control and improved quality of life, there is a need for the elaboration of randomized clinical trials with larger populations to verify their real performance in controlling some side effects during chemotherapy.