Reiki for promotion of health and sleep quality in hospital nursing professionals
Josane Rosenilda da Costa, Sônia Silva Marcon, Rosane Gonçalves Nitschke, Fátima Helena do Espírito Santo, Diéssica Roggia Piexak, Stefanie Griebeler Oliveira, Herbert Leopoldo de Freitas Góes, Pablo Jesús López‐Soto
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.