Question 14.69
27. Reiki Touch Therapy. A study was performed to determine whether Reiki touch therapy was useful in the reduction of chronic pain, including that suffered by cancer patients.7 The pain levels reported by a random sample of 13 patients before and after Reiki touch therapy are shown here in Table 12.
Table 14.37: Table 12 Pain levels before and after Reiki touch therapy
| Patient | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Before | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| Difference | –3 | –1 | –2 | –3 | –1 | –3 | 0 | –4 | –1 | –2 | –5 | 0 | 0 |
Test, using the Wilcoxon signed rank test, whether there was a reduction in mean pain level after the Reiki therapy, using level of significance . The accompanying figure is a boxplot of the data.
