Objective: Nursing is a profession with intense working hours. This intense work schedule can cause anxiety and stress for nurses. Therefore, this study was carried out to examine the effects of reiki application on stress and anxiety levels in nurses. Material and Methods: The research was carried out as a quasi-experimental study with pretest and posttest control groups. The research was between May 2021 and September 2022, with nurses actively working in a hospital located in the southeast of Türkiye. A total of 128 nurses who volunteered were included in the study. The participants were divided into 2 groups, 64 to the reiki group and 64 to the control group. Data were collected using the Individual Information Form, Perceived Stress Scale, and Beck Anxiety Inventory. Descriptive statistics, Shapiro-Wilk test of normality, independent samples t-test, Pearson chi-square or Fisher exact test was used. Results: In terms of the descriptive characteristics of the nurses, no statistically significant difference was found between the reiki and control groups in terms of gender, marital status, education level, unit of employment, length of service, satisfaction with the profession and age (p>0.05). It was found that reiki application reduced the stress and anxiety scores of nurses and the difference between the groups was significant (p<0.05). Conclusion: It has been observed that the reiki practice applied in nurses effectively reduces their stress and anxiety levels. In line with these results, it can be recommended that the use of reiki as an independent nursing practice should be expanded not only to patients but also to different sample groups such as nurses.
Keywords: Anxiety; nursing; reiki; stress
Amaç: Hemşirelik, yoğun çalışma saatleri olan bir meslektir. Bu yoğun çalışma temposu, hemşirelerin kaygı ve stres yaşamasına neden olabilmektedir. Dolaysıyla bu çalışma, reiki uygulamasının hemşirelerde stres ve kaygı düzeylerine etkisini incelenmesi amacıyla yapıldı. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Araştırma ön-test ve son-test kontrol gruplu yarı deneysel bir çalışma olarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırma, Mayıs 2021 ile Eylül 2022 tarihleri arasında, Türkiye'nin güneydoğusunda bulunan bir hastanede aktif olarak görev yapan hemşireler ile gerçekleştirildi. Araştırmaya gönüllü olan toplam 128 hemşire dâhil edildi. Katılımcılar 64'ü reiki grubu ve 64'ü kontrol grubu olmak üzere 2 gruba ayrıldı. Veriler Bireysel Bilgi Formu, Algılanan Stres Ölçeği ve Beck Kaygı Envanteri kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Tanımlayıcı istatistikler, Shapiro Wilk normallik testi, bağımsız örnekler t-testi, Pearson kikare veya Fisher kesin testi kullanıldı. Bulgular: Hemşirelerin, tanımlayıcı özellikleri açısından reiki ve kontrol grubu arasında cinsiyet, medeni durum, eğitim düzeyi, çalışılan birim, çalışma süresi, meslekten memnuniyet durumu ve yaş açısından istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark saptanmamıştır (p>0.05). Reiki uygulaması, hemşirelerin stres ve kaygı puanlarını azalttığı ve gruplar arası farkın istatistiksel olarak önemli olduğunu saptamıştır (p<0.05). Sonuç: Reiki uygulamasının hemşirelerin stres ve anksiyete düzeylerini azaltmada etkili olduğu belirlendi. Bu sonuçlar doğrultusunda, reiki uygulaması bağımsız bir hemşirelik uygulaması olarak sadece hastalara yönelik değil, hemşireler gibi farklı örneklem gruplarında da kullanımının yaygınlaştırılması önerilebilir.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Kaygı; hemşirelik; reiki; stres
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