Safety/Effectiveness Study of a Single Session of Laying-on-of-hands in Various Settings in Japan

Signs and Symptoms Clinical Trial

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Official title:

A Large Cross-sectional Study of Laying-on-of-hands in Japan: Who Responds to it and What Facilitates the Response?

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01316029
• Other study ID #: MHS-001
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 15, 2011
• Last updated: March 15, 2011
• Start date: February 2007
• Est. completion date: December 2007

Study information

• Verified date: January 2007
• Source: MOA Health Science Foundation
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Japan: Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the symptomatic changes after a single session of laying-on-of-hands in various settings, and to evaluate optimal conditions for the outcomes.

Description:

Laying-on-of-hands is applied in many different situations; however, most reports published previously described its efficacy in a clinical setting, with its administration conducted by a few expert practitioners. This study aimed to determine the symptomatic changes after a single session of the Okada Purifying Therapy, a form of laying-on-of-hands, in various settings, and to analyze factors influencing the outcomes.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 44587
• Est. completion date: December 2007
• Est. primary completion date: December 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 16 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• able to receive laying-on-of-hands for 30 minutes or longer from the investigators

• able to self-evaluate the change of their symptoms

• competent to answer the Japanese questionnaires

• aged 16 years or older

Exclusion Criteria:

• those who did not match the inclusion criteria

Study Design

Observational Model: Ecologic or Community, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Personal Satisfaction
• Physical Disorders
• Signs and Symptoms

Intervention

Procedure:
• Okada Purifying Therapy
Each participant received a single session of Okada Purifying Therapy lasting 30 minutes or longer, administered by a voluntary certified practitioner.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Japan	MOA Health Science Foundation	Tokyo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
MOA Health Science Foundation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Japan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Severity of various symptoms	Participants self-evaluated the severity of various symptoms before and after the intervention, and determined whether their symptoms got better, worsened, or did not change.	Baseline and immediately after a single intervention	Yes
Secondary	Adjusted odds ratios of the factors influencing the outcomes	After collecting all the eligible data, to be clarified are such personal variables as demographic attributes associated with the tendency to respond, and factors that facilitate such responses.	in 1 year	Yes

External Links

•   Click here for more information about activities of MOA Health Science Foundation (Japanese)
•   Click here for more information about Okada Purifying Therapy, a laying-on-of-hands.