On 2017 Mar 10, Jose M. Moran commented:

I think that authors have not correctly addressed the analysis of their results. They have correctly performed intragroup comparisons, but fail to analyze the between groups results. At the final time point, there are no statistically significant differences P=0.366 for LSS and P=0.641 for IDATE-state, between G1 (massasage+rest) and G2 (massage+reiki) so no effect of reiki intervention was detected at all in this study. Again the size effects measured also do not differ between G1 and G2 for both LSS IDATE-STATE, authors have failed in the analysis of the CI95% for the calculated Cohen’s d that are completely overlapped. Obviosly both G1 and G2 significantly differ from the G3 group (no intervention) but both in the same amount.

On 2017 Mar 10, Jose M. Moran commented:

I think that authors have not correctly addressed the analysis of their results. They have correctly performed intragroup comparisons, but fail to analyze the between groups results. At the final time point, there are no statistically significant differences P=0.366 for LSS and P=0.641 for IDATE-state, between G1 (massasage+rest) and G2 (massage+reiki) so no effect of reiki intervention was detected at all in this study. Again the size effects measured also do not differ between G1 and G2 for both LSS IDATE-STATE, authors have failed in the analysis of the CI95% for the calculated Cohen’s d that are completely overlapped. Obviosly both G1 and G2 significantly differ from the G3 group (no intervention) but both in the same amount.