Table 2.

Estimated Mean Differences in Primary Outcome Measures by Treatment Factor

	Reiki master			Direct touch
Outcome	Mean differencea	(95% CI)	p-value	Mean differenceb	(95% CI)	p-value
Visual analog scale
Pain	−0.4	(−1.1, 0.3)	0.31	0.2	(−0.5, 1.0)	0.52
Fatigue	0.4	(−0.4, 1.1)	0.31	−0.3	(−1.0, 0.4)	0.45
Sleep quality	0.2	(−0.5, 0.9)	0.52	−0.1	(−0.8, 1.1)	0.78
Overall well-being	−0.2	(−0.8, 0.5)	0.61	0.2	(−0.4, 1.2)	0.51
Short form-36
Physical	−1.7	(−5.0, 1.6)	0.32	1.9	(−1.4, 5.2)	0.26
Mental	−1.2	(−4.8, 2.4)	0.52	0.7	(−3.0, 4.3)	0.72

^aComparing outcomes of those assigned to a Reiki master to those assigned to an actor.

^bComparing outcomes of those assigned to direct touch to those assigned to distant therapy.