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Current Research: Integrative Medicine
CAM Therapies 2017
September 18-19, 2017 Charlotte, USA
5
th
International Meeting on
Complementary and Alternative Medicine & Therapies
Effect of the complementary spiritist therapy for pain, muscle tension, well-being, and
negative affect in HIV/AIDS inpatients: A randomized controlled trial
Elida Mara Carneiro
Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro, Brazil
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he aim of this study was to evaluate pain, perception of muscle tension and well-being and negative affect
in HIV/AIDS inpatients submitted to complementary Spiritist Therapy compared to conventional treatment.
Randomized controlled trial, patients were randomly allocated into group Intervention: Three days complementary
spiritist therapy sessions (prayer, spiritist passe, fluidic water or magnetized water and spirit education), during
10 minutes, (n=21) associated with conventional treatment, and control: conventional treatment, (n = 23).
Pain, muscle tension and well-being were assessed by analogue scales and scale well-being subjective in the
field negative affect. Categorical variables were analyzed using the Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact. Repeated
measure data were analyzed by the Wilcoxon test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Friedman. Differences
were considered to be statistically significant when p<0.05. The sample consisted of 44 patient’s age between
24 and 78 years. The sociodemographic characteristics of the patients were similar in the study groups. There
was a significant reduction of intensity pain (p=0.023), perception of muscle tension (p=0.014) and negative
affect (p=0.045) in the group exposed to Complementary Spiritist Therapy compared to conventional treatment.
Conclusions: It is inferred in this study that 3 days of complementary Spiritist therapy may reduce intensity pain,
muscle tension and negative affect compared to conventional treatment.
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