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The [[Cochrane Collaboration]] concludes "although some of the results of individual studies suggest a positive effect of intercessory prayer,the majority do not and the evidence does not support a recommendation either in favour or against the use of intercessory prayer."<ref name="pmid19370557">{{cite journal |author=Roberts L, Ahmed I, Hall S, Davison A |title=Intercessory prayer for the alleviation of ill health |journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev |volume= |issue=2 |pages=CD000368 |year=2009 |pmid=19370557 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD000368.pub3 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD000368.pub3 |issn=}}</ref> Another review concludes that "intercessory prayer lacks a theoretical or theological base and has failed to produce significant findings in controlled trials."<ref name="pmid16827626">{{cite journal| author=Masters KS, Spielmans GI, Goodson JT| title=Are there demonstrable effects of distant intercessory prayer? A meta-analytic review. | journal=Ann Behav Med | year= 2006 | volume= 32 | issue= 1 | pages= 21-6 | pmid=16827626 | The [[Cochrane Collaboration]] concludes "although some of the results of individual studies suggest a positive effect of intercessory prayer,the majority do not and the evidence does not support a recommendation either in favour or against the use of intercessory prayer."<ref name="pmid19370557">{{cite journal |author=Roberts L, Ahmed I, Hall S, Davison A |title=Intercessory prayer for the alleviation of ill health |journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev |volume= |issue=2 |pages=CD000368 |year=2009 |pmid=19370557 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD000368.pub3 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD000368.pub3 |issn=}}</ref> Another review concludes that "intercessory prayer lacks a theoretical or theological base and has failed to produce significant findings in controlled trials."<ref name="pmid16827626">{{cite journal| author=Masters KS, Spielmans GI, Goodson JT| title=Are there demonstrable effects of distant intercessory prayer? A meta-analytic review. | journal=Ann Behav Med | year= 2006 | volume= 32 | issue= 1 | pages= 21-6 | pmid=16827626 | ||
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One trial included in the review by the Cochrane randomized patients to controls, prayer with awareness, and prayer without awareness.<ref name="pmid16569567">{{cite journal| author=Benson H, Dusek JA, Sherwood JB, Lam P, Bethea CF, Carpenter W et al.| title=Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP) in cardiac bypass patients: a multicenter randomized trial of uncertainty and certainty of receiving intercessory prayer. | journal=Am Heart J | year= 2006 | volume= 151 | issue= 4 | pages= 934-42 | pmid=16569567 | doi=10.1016/j.ahj.2005.05.028 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16569567 }} </ref> | |||
==Prayer as a coping strategy== | ==Prayer as a coping strategy== | ||
Revision as of 16:33, 23 May 2011
Faith healing is a form of spiritual therapy that is "the use of faith and spirit to cure disease."[1]
Direct contact prayer
Direct contact person-to-person prayer may be useful according to randomized controlled trials. [2][3]
Intercessory prayer
The Cochrane Collaboration concludes "although some of the results of individual studies suggest a positive effect of intercessory prayer,the majority do not and the evidence does not support a recommendation either in favour or against the use of intercessory prayer."[4] Another review concludes that "intercessory prayer lacks a theoretical or theological base and has failed to produce significant findings in controlled trials."[5]
One trial included in the review by the Cochrane randomized patients to controls, prayer with awareness, and prayer without awareness.[6]
Prayer as a coping strategy
The role of prayer as a coping strategy has been reviewed.[7]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Faith healing (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Boelens PA, Reeves RR, Replogle WH, Koenig HG (2009). "A randomized trial of the effect of prayer on depression and anxiety.". Int J Psychiatry Med 39 (4): 377-92. PMID 20391859. [e]
- ↑ Bay PS, Beckman D, Trippi J, Gunderman R, Terry C (2008). "The effect of pastoral care services on anxiety, depression, hope, religious coping, and religious problem solving styles: a randomized controlled study.". J Relig Health 47 (1): 57-69. DOI:10.1007/s10943-007-9131-4. PMID 19105001. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Roberts L, Ahmed I, Hall S, Davison A (2009). "Intercessory prayer for the alleviation of ill health". Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2): CD000368. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD000368.pub3. PMID 19370557. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Masters KS, Spielmans GI, Goodson JT (2006). "Are there demonstrable effects of distant intercessory prayer? A meta-analytic review.". Ann Behav Med 32 (1): 21-6. DOI:10.1207/s15324796abm3201_3. PMID 16827626. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Benson H, Dusek JA, Sherwood JB, Lam P, Bethea CF, Carpenter W et al. (2006). "Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP) in cardiac bypass patients: a multicenter randomized trial of uncertainty and certainty of receiving intercessory prayer.". Am Heart J 151 (4): 934-42. DOI:10.1016/j.ahj.2005.05.028. PMID 16569567. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Masters KS, Spielmans GI (2007). "Prayer and health: review, meta-analysis, and research agenda.". J Behav Med 30 (4): 329-38. DOI:10.1007/s10865-007-9106-7. PMID 17487575. Research Blogging.