Penurunan Kadar Glukosa Darah Sewaktu Melalui Terapi Reiki Pada Pasien Diabetes Melitus Tipe 2

Abstract

Reiki is one of the complementary therapies that are used to decrease blood glucose level. The therapy transfers naturalenergy into the patient\u27s body to synchronize the energy imbalance in the body. The research to examine the effect of Reiki andthe role of the stress and weight factor to decrease blood glucose level of DM type 2 patients was held in a hospital-baseddiabetic club in Jakarta. The design of this study was pre-experimental with the one-group pretest-posttest design. Eighteenpatients were selected with the purposive sampling technique. Reiki therapy was performed in 30 days using two methods:direct and distant healing method. The result revealed that there was a significant difference in random blood glucose levelbefore and after the Reiki intervention (p= 0.000; α= 0.05). It is recommended to incorporate the Reiki therapy in nursingcare