Kiyoshi Suzuki, Seiya Uchida, Tomoaki Kimura, Hideaki Tanaka, Hiroshi Katamura
Objective: To investigate whether differences exist in the effectiveness/safety of a single session of Okada Purifying Therapy (OPT), a type of biofield therapy, among those from different ethnicity/cultures, and to analyze factors associated with the outcomes in a real-world setting. Design: Pre-post test design using convenience sampling methods. Setting: Home setting. Subjects: A total of 11,303 individuals aged 16 years or older from 14 different countries (>1000 individuals each from Japan, the United States, Thailand, Chile/Peru, and <200 individuals each from Portugal, Spain, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, South Korea, Taiwan, Belgium, and France)...
August 2020: Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine: Research on Paradigm, Practice, and Policy