The Effect of Distance Reiki on State Test Anxiety and Test Performance: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Nursing Students

ÜNAL N., Ozkanat C., Yurtsever D., Dolek E. K., Yildirim G., Akpinar N. B., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF NURSING EDUCATION, cilt.63, sa.5, ss.298-303, 2024 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 63 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3928/01484834-20240305-04
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF NURSING EDUCATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, AgeLine, Applied Science & Technology Source, CINAHL, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, Educational research abstracts (ERA)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.298-303
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: This randomized controlled, pretest -posttest intervention study examined the effect of distance reiki on state test anxiety and test performance. Method: First year nursing students ( n = 71) were randomized into two groups. One week before the examination, intervention group participants performed reiki remotely for 20 minutes for 4 consecutive days, and control group participants received no intervention. Results: The intervention group had lower posttest cognitive and psychosocial subscale scores than pretest scores ( p > .05). The control group had a significantly higher mean posttest physiological subscale score than pretest score ( p < .05). Final grade point averages were not significantly different between the intervention and control groups ( p > .05). One quarter of the intervention group participants noted reiki reduced their stress and helped them perform better on the examination. Conclusion: Reiki is a safe and easy -to -practice method to help students cope with test anxiety.