EFFECT OF REİKİ APPLİED DURİNG THE POSTPARTUM PERİOD ON BREASTFEEDİNG, PAİN, AND COMFORT IN WOMEN WHO DELİVERED BY CESAREAN SECTİON
The aim of this randomized controlled trial is to determine the effect of Reiki applied to volunteer women after cesarean section on breastfeeding, pain, and comfort in the postpartum period. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Is there a difference in postpartum breastfeeding, pain, and comfort between the group receiving Reiki and the group receiving standard care? Is there a difference in postpartum breastfeeding, pain, and comfort between the group receiving Reiki and the group receiving Sham Reiki? Participants will receive Reiki six times postpartum: three times one-on-one during their hospital stay, and remotely in the second, third, and fourth weeks. The control group will receive standard care. The Sham Reiki group will receive Reiki points applied by a person without Reiki knowledge.
Mothers aged 18 and over,
Literate in Turkish,
Non-smoker, non-drug user,
Gave birth by cesarean section at term,
Preeclampsia/eclampsia, active postpartum hemorrhage, sepsis/fever ≥38°C,
Need for intensive care,
Birth before 37 weeks,
Serious neonatal problems,
Parallel
reiki
Other interventionThe effect of Reiki practice on breastfeeding during the postpartum period has not been evaluated; it is considered unique because it is evaluated together with its effect on pain and comfort, and offers a holistic approach to support care for women in the postpartum period.
sham reiki
Other interventionIt is believed that adding a sham reiki group alongside postpartum reiki treatment will increase the reliability and originality of the study.
In women who have had a cesarean section, Reiki applied at six separate times during the postpartum period affects their self-efficacy in breastfeeding.
Postpartum Reiki therapy has not been used to study breastfeeding self-efficacy in women who have had cesarean sections. The literature includes studies where Reiki therapy was applied to third-trimester pregnant women and breastfeeding self-efficacy was evaluated. Breastfeeding self-efficacy has been assessed after both cesarean and vaginal deliveries, but there are no studies using Reiki as an intervention. In this sense, the effect of Reiki on breastfeeding parameters is intriguing. Breastfeeding self-efficacy will be measured using the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale - Short Form (BSES-SF). The Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale, originally developed by Dennis and Faux in 1999, is a 33-item scale designed to assess breastfeeding self-efficacy levels. Following internal consistency testing, items with item-total correlations below 0.60 were removed, resulting in a shortened form of the new 14-item Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale. The Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient of
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