A Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Effects of Remote, Intercessory Prayer on Outcomes in Patients Admitted to the Coronary Care Unit

Harris, William S.; Gowda, Manohar S.; Kolb, J W; Strychacz, Christopher P.; Vacek, James L.; Jones, Philip G.; Forker, Alan D.; O’Keefe, James H.; McCallister, Ben D.

doi:10.1001/archinte.159.19.2273

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“…With regard to the type of prayer, two studies made use of petition prayer [24,34] and 10 of intercessory prayer [23,[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]. There was a study that associated other therapies with intercessory prayer, such as music, image guidance and therapeutic touch [25].…”

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“…Another study investigated anxiety and depression in patients with psychological disorders [24]. Four analysed adverse events in patients with cardiac disorders [25,[27][28][29], two of which included patients undergoing cardiac surgery [25,27]. Two had pregnancy as the research focus: one investigated the success of in vitro fertilization [30] and the other was related to pregnancy and labour [33].…”

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“…Positive outcomes comprised the reduction of anxiety of mothers of children with cancer, as well as a decrease in the level of concern of the participants who believe there is a solution to their problem, and the improved physical functioning of individuals who believe in prayer (Table 1). Seven studies had been conducted in the USA [23][24][25][26][27][28][29], one in South Korea [30], one in Israel [31], one in the UK [32] and two did not identify the origin [33,34]. The papers had been published in several health journals, two of which related to complementary and alternative practices [22,25].…”

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“…The papers had been published in several health journals, two of which related to complementary and alternative practices [22,25]. Six articles had been published over the past decade [23][24][25]27,33,34] and only two in the 1990s [28,32].…”

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The Effect of Prayer on Patients’ Health: Systematic Literature Review

2016

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Abstract:There is increasing interest regarding prayer in healthcare. Prayer is an activity related to spirituality and religion. Positive outcomes have been identified regarding spirituality in health. This study aims to investigate the effects on patients' health of using prayer. A systematic literature review was conducted in May 2015 and updated in November 2015. Electronic and international databases were searched and the inclusion criteria were based on PICOS: (Population) patients of any age and any clinical situation, (Intervention) all types of prayer, (Comparison) ordinary care, (Outcomes) any health change, (Study type) randomized clinical trials. Neither timeframe nor limitation in language were considered. A total of 92 papers were identified and 12 were included in the review. Prayer was considered a positive factor in seven studies, and several positive effects of prayer on health were identified: reducing the anxiety of mothers of children with cancer; reducing the level of concern of the participants who believe in a solution to their problem; and providing for the improved physical functioning of patients who believe in prayer. Prayer is a non-pharmacological intervention and resource, and should be included in the nursing holistic care aimed at patients' well-being.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2016

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“…While the value of HI has not been unequivocally established, many clients report benefit from healing sessions and there are a handful of randomized clinical trials suggesting that HI is helpful under certain conditions (Astin et al, 2000;Harris et al, 1999;Sicher et al, 1998).…”

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Alterations in Random Event Measures Associated with a Healing Practice

Crawford¹,

Jonas²,

Nelson³

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The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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Objective: To determine whether alterations in random events, as measured by a Random event generator (REG), occur in association with a bioenergy healing practice.Design and setting: Two REGs were set up and run in parallel: one in a bioenergy healer's office and another at a local library as a control. Two multiday sets of data were collected in each setting. A third set was collected in which a reduced amount of attention was placed on the REG by the healer. REG excursions were calculated and compared for (1) overall days in the library and bioenergy healer's office, (2) healing and nonhealing phases in the healing office, and (3) overall excursions during high(sets 1 and 2) and low attention (set 3) by the healer.Results: The library REG produced excursions outside the 95% confidence interval (CI) on 35 of 61 days (58%), and the REG in the healing practice 47 of 51 days (92%) (mean difference, 34%; 95% CI, 18% to 49%; 2 ϭ 16.3, 1 df, p Ͻ0.0005). In the healer's office, 0.6496 excursions per segment for healing phases and 0.6548 excursions per segment for nonhealing phases were shown (t ϭ Ϫ1.3, 6794 df, p ϭ 0.182). A comparison with chance expectation derived from Monte Carlo runs showed significantly less mean excursions per segment (t ϭ Ϫ7.8, 36625 df, p Ͻ0.0005) for healing phases and no difference in nonhealing phases (t ϭ Ϫ0.16, 6309 df, p ϭ 0.872). There was no significant difference in excursions between the high-and low-attention situations in the healing practice.Conclusions: In the presence of a healer, an REG produced greater than chance excursions more often than a control REG in a library setting. The healing and nonhealing phases demonstrated inconsistent results. REG deviations were not influenced by the amount of attention directed toward the machine.

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Prayer and Medical Science

Dossey¹

2000

Arch Intern Med

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A Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Effects of Remote, Intercessory Prayer on Outcomes in Patients Admitted to the Coronary Care Unit

Abstract: Remote, intercessory prayer was associated with lower CCU course scores. This result suggests that prayer may be an effective adjunct to standard medical care.

Cited by 341 publications

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The Effect of Prayer on Patients’ Health: Systematic Literature Review

The Effect of Prayer on Patients’ Health: Systematic Literature Review

Alterations in Random Event Measures Associated with a Healing Practice

Prayer and Medical Science

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