title: Massage and Reiki used to reduce stress and anxiety: Randomized Clinical Trial.
abstract: to evaluate the effectiveness of massage and reiki in the reduction of stress and anxiety in clients at the Institute for Integrated and Oriental Therapy in Sao Paulo (Brazil).
  
  
  
  clinical tests randomly done in parallel with an initial sample of 122 people divided into three groups: Massage + Rest (G1), Massage + Reiki (G2) and a Control group without intervention (G3). The Stress Systems list and the Trace State Anxiety Inventory were used to evaluate the groups at the start and after 8 sessions (1 month), during 2015.
  
  
  
  there were statistical differences (p = 0.000) according to the ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) for the stress amongst the groups 2 and 3 (p = 0.014) with a 33% reductions and a Cohen of 0.78. In relation to anxiety-state, there was a reduction in the intervention groups compared with the control group (p < 0.01) with a 21% reduction in group 2 (Cohen of 1.18) and a 16% reduction for group 1 (Cohen of 1.14).
  
  
  
  Massage + Reiki produced better results amongst the groups and the conclusion is for further studies to be done with the use of a placebo group to evaluate the impact of the technique separate from other techniques. RBR-42c8wp.
authors.affiliation: Post-doctoral fellow, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo , São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Scholarship holder at Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Brazil.
authors.forename: Leonice Fumiko Sato
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Kurebayashi
authors.affiliation: PhD, Full Professor, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo , São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ruth Natalia Teresa
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Turrini
authors.affiliation: Doctoral student, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo , São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Talita Pavarini Borges de
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.affiliation: Master's student, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de São Paulo , São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Raymond Sehiji
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Takiguchi
authors.affiliation: Master's student, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo , São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gisele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kuba
authors.affiliation: Architect.
authors.forename: Marisa Toshi
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Nagumo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008405:Massage; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000628:therapy*; D019124:Therapeutic Touch