New Guidelines for Reporting Clinical Trials of Biofield Therapies

A paper recently published in the Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine presents comprehensive guidelines developed to help improve reporting of clinical trials of biofield therapies including Reiki. The guidelines, called Biofield Therapies: Reporting Evidence Guidelines (BiFi REGs), supplement CONSORT 2010 by including details of the intervention protocols relevant to biofield therapy trials.

Authors Richard Hammerschlag, Meredith Sprengel, and Ann Baldwin say using these guidelines is likely to strengthen the evidence base for biofield therapies as well as increase their usage as stand-alone practices and as complementary therapies within mainstream healthcare.

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