Effectiveness of Laying-on-of-hands for Sickle Cell Disease

Launched by MOA HEALTH SCIENCE FOUNDATION · Jan 21, 2012

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ClinConnect Summary

Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) have a high risk of premature death in Africa, mainly due to insufficient medical services. SCD patients often visit emergency department and need hospitalization when they suffer from severe pain; however, they manage most of painful episodes at home. Appropriate pain management at home is, therefore, crucial to improve their clinical course and quality of life. Laying-on-of-hands may be a good candidate for home care management, because family member(s) can become a practitioner of laying-on-of-hands without difficulty and administer it to their lov...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • patients with symptoms associated with sickle cell disease
• • those able to receive laying-on-of-hands every weekday for 1 year
• • those able to receive conventional medical treatment whenever necessary
• • those able to receive blood test at the beginning, after 6 month and after 1 year
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • those who wish to use other complementary and alternative therapies along with laying-on-of-hands