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Abstract
Pranic Psychotherapy and Pranic Healing are non-touch energy treatments used to alleviate psychological and medical conditions. Pranic Psychotherapy and Pranic Healing are based on the principle that the overall structure of the human body is composed of two parts: The physical body and the energy system (figure 1). Every medical condition has a unique energy pattern. Normalising the energy system aims to alleviate the psychological and clinical symptoms, disease activity and improve the rate of recovery of patients.
Our primary aim is to evaluate the efficacy of Pranic Psychotherapy and Pranic Healing1–3 for paediatric and adolescent patients with chronic pain associated with their medical conditions. Secondary outcomes are the improvement of non-pain clinical symptoms (NPCS, e.g. vomiting and diarrhoea) and stress and anxiety.
This is a prospective, single group, qualitative and quantitative study. Patients were recruited in 5 consecutive phases. Inclusion criteria: Chronic pain, 5–21 years old. Patients underwent 8 weekly treatments. Pranic Psychotherapy and Pranic Healing protocols specific to each participant’s psychological and medical diagnoses were applied in each session.
Table 1 demonstrates data collected.
Pain-Visual Analogue Scale (PVAS) scores were considered as ordinal and categorical data with No (PVAS score 0–2), Mild to Moderate (PVAS score 3–7) and Severe to Very Severe (PVAS score 8–10) pain respectively.
NPCS frequency (NPCSF) scores were considered as ordinal and categorical data.
Reduction in PVAS and NPCSF scores and improvement in low mood (LM), poor concentration (PC) and fatigue were analysed for week 0, week 8 and week 20.
100 participants underwent treatment from July 2022 to August 2023, with Phase 5 patients’ Week 20 review in November 2023. M: F ratio was 37:63, median age 13.5 years (range 7–21 years). 79/100 and 9/100 participants’ chronic pain was associated with DGBI and IBD respectively. 85/100 participants recruited had NPCS at Week 0.
Table 2 demonstrates the improvement of PVAS scores, NPCSF scores, LM, PC and fatigue.
93 participants had an evaluable PVAS score at Week 0 and Week 8. 60/93 (65%) reported No pain at week 8. PVAS was reduced by -2 as a median (range [-4, 0]) change in PVAS between week 0 and 8 (p<1.0e-10).
80 participants had an evaluable NPCSF score at Week 0 and Week 8. 52/80 (65%) reported no NPCS at Week 8. NPCSF was reduced by -3 as a median range (range [-4, 0]) change in NPCSF between week 0 and 8 (p<1.0e-10).
64 and 57 participants had an evaluable PVAS and NPCSF score respectively at Week 0 and Week 20. At Week 20, 54/64 (84%) reported no pain. 47/57 (82%) reported no NPCS.
Patients with data at Week 0 and Week 20: 87%, 86% and 92% reported resolution of LM, PC and fatigue, respectively.
In conclusion, Pranic Psychotherapy and Pranic Healing are safe and effective interventions which significantly improve chronic pain, NPCS and reduce symptoms of stress and anxiety. Further studies are needed to facilitate the integration of Pranic Psychotherapy and Pranic Healing into patients’ standard of care.
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