Resumen de ¿Reiki para reducir la ansiedad?: revisión de la literatura

Sandra Martínez Pizarro

• español

  Background: Today pharmacological treatments to treat anxiety disorders are not completely successful. Therefore, theymay require individuals to consume medications for long periods of time. Given this situation, in recent years, the use of eiki to treat r such anxiety has been suggested. And more and more the use of this technique is increasing, amongsomenursing professionals.

  Objective:To analyze if reiki ismore effective than placebo to reduce anxiety.

  Method: A literary review was conducted in PubMed, Cinahl and Scopus. Six articles published in the last five years were selected, in humans, written in Spanish or English and with a high methodological quality.

  Results: The results of the studies analyzed show that currently reiki has not demonstrated its efficacy in the treatment of anxiety, or in the treatment of pain, depression, or in increasing the quality of life.

  Conclusion: It can be concluded that there is no evidence to affirmthat reiki is effective in the treatment of anxiety.Due to the current increase in reiki, it is essential to disseminate this knowledge to healthcare professionals. In this way, advice and health care can be given in accordance with the latest available scientific evidence.

• español

  En los últimos años se ha incrementado el uso del Reiki para tratar la ansiedad. El Reiki consiste en el uso de las manos para canalizar la fuerza vital universal con el fin reequilibrar el campo de energía del ser humano. Sin embargo los estudios científicos de los últimos años no ofrecen unos resultados claros sobre su eficacia. A día de hoy el Reiki ha demostrado un posible potencial para reducir la ansiedad pero este ha de ser corroborado en estudios científicos bien diseñados y de alta calidad. Debido al incremento actual de esta terapia es fundamental difundir estos conocimientos a los profesionales sanitarios. De esta manera se podrán dar consejos y cuidados sanitarios acorde con las últimas evidencias científicas disponibles.