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Teaching Parents Reiki Therapy
Full IRB Study Title:
Teaching Parents Reiki for Their Adolescents Receiving Palliative Care
IRB Study ID: 1411695
Teaching parents Reiki for their adolescents receiving palliative care.
Study Sponsor:
The Ohio State University
Who May Qualify:
Adolescents who:
- are 10-19 years old,
- are receiving palliative care at home
- understand English
- have a parent/legal guardian providing care most of the week
- can read/write English at an 8th grade level
Who Does NOT Qualify:
Parents and adolescents who have taken corticosteroids in the last 30 days and have less than 1 inch of hair. Parent and adolescents pairs also may not participate if the adolescent is in an inpatient facility, is in foster care, or if the home does not have a reliable way of storing samples at or below 32 degrees Fahrenheit (i.e., a freezer).
Lead Investigator
Sarah Elizabeth Friebert, MD
Pediatric Palliative Care Physician; Sarah Elizabeth Friebert, M.D. Leadership Chair in Pediatric Palliative Care
Haslinger Family Pediatric Palliative Care CenterPediatric Neuromuscular ClinicMitochondrial Center
