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Music, imagery, touch, and prayer as adjuncts to interventional cardiac care: the Monitoring and Actualisation of Noetic Trainings (MANTRA) II randomised study.

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Krucoff, MW; Crater, SW; Gallup, D; Blankenship, JC; Cuffe, M; Guarneri, M; Krieger, RA; Kshettry, VR; Morris, K; Oz, M; Pichard, A; Mark, D ...
Published in: Lancet
July 16, 2005

BACKGROUND: Data from a pilot study suggested that noetic therapies-healing practices that are not mediated by tangible elements-can reduce preprocedural distress and might affect outcomes in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. We undertook a multicentre, prospective trial of two such practices: intercessory prayer and music, imagery, and touch (MIT) therapy. METHODS: 748 patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention or elective catheterisation in nine USA centres were assigned in a 2x2 factorial randomisation either off-site prayer by established congregations of various religions or no off-site prayer (double-blinded) and MIT therapy or none (unmasked). The primary endpoint was combined in-hospital major adverse cardiovascular events and 6-month readmission or death. Prespecified secondary endpoints were 6-month major adverse cardiovascular events, 6 month death or readmission, and 6-month mortality. FINDINGS: 371 patients were assigned prayer and 377 no prayer; 374 were assigned MIT therapy and 374 no MIT therapy. The factorial distribution was: standard care only, 192; prayer only, 182; MIT therapy only, 185; and both prayer and MIT therapy, 189. No significant difference was found for the primary composite endpoint in any treatment comparison. Mortality at 6 months was lower with MIT therapy than with no MIT therapy (hazard ratio 0.35 (95% CI 0.15-0.82, p=0.016). INTERPRETATION: Neither masked prayer nor MIT therapy significantly improved clinical outcome after elective catheterisation or percutaneous coronary intervention.

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Lancet

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EISSN

1474-547X

Publication Date

July 16, 2005

Volume

366

Issue

9481

Start / End Page

211 / 217

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Treatment Outcome
  • Therapeutic Touch
  • Spiritual Therapies
  • Recurrence
  • Music
  • Mind-Body Therapies
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Imagery, Psychotherapy
  • Humans
 

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Krucoff, M. W., Crater, S. W., Gallup, D., Blankenship, J. C., Cuffe, M., Guarneri, M., … Lee, K. L. (2005). Music, imagery, touch, and prayer as adjuncts to interventional cardiac care: the Monitoring and Actualisation of Noetic Trainings (MANTRA) II randomised study. Lancet, 366(9481), 211–217. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66910-3
Krucoff, Mitchell W., Suzanne W. Crater, Dianne Gallup, James C. Blankenship, Michael Cuffe, Mimi Guarneri, Richard A. Krieger, et al. “Music, imagery, touch, and prayer as adjuncts to interventional cardiac care: the Monitoring and Actualisation of Noetic Trainings (MANTRA) II randomised study.Lancet 366, no. 9481 (July 16, 2005): 211–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66910-3.
Krucoff MW, Crater SW, Gallup D, Blankenship JC, Cuffe M, Guarneri M, et al. Music, imagery, touch, and prayer as adjuncts to interventional cardiac care: the Monitoring and Actualisation of Noetic Trainings (MANTRA) II randomised study. Lancet. 2005 Jul 16;366(9481):211–7.
Krucoff, Mitchell W., et al. “Music, imagery, touch, and prayer as adjuncts to interventional cardiac care: the Monitoring and Actualisation of Noetic Trainings (MANTRA) II randomised study.Lancet, vol. 366, no. 9481, July 2005, pp. 211–17. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66910-3.
Krucoff MW, Crater SW, Gallup D, Blankenship JC, Cuffe M, Guarneri M, Krieger RA, Kshettry VR, Morris K, Oz M, Pichard A, Sketch MH, Koenig HG, Mark D, Lee KL. Music, imagery, touch, and prayer as adjuncts to interventional cardiac care: the Monitoring and Actualisation of Noetic Trainings (MANTRA) II randomised study. Lancet. 2005 Jul 16;366(9481):211–217.
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Published In

Lancet

DOI

EISSN

1474-547X

Publication Date

July 16, 2005

Volume

366

Issue

9481

Start / End Page

211 / 217

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Treatment Outcome
  • Therapeutic Touch
  • Spiritual Therapies
  • Recurrence
  • Music
  • Mind-Body Therapies
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Imagery, Psychotherapy
  • Humans