Hypnosis as a Treatment of Chronic Widespread Pain in General Practice. A Pilot Study.

Objective: The study was performed to evaluate the effect of a standardized hypnosis treatment used in general practice for patients with chronic widespread pain (CWP).

Design: A randomized control group-controlled study. Setting and subjects: 16 patients were randomized into a treatment group or a control group, each constituting eight patients. Seven patients in the treatment group completed the schedule. After the control period, five of the patients in the control group also received treatment, making a total of 12 patients having completed the treatment sessions.

Intervention: The intervention group went through a standardized hypnosis treatment with ten consecutive therapeutic sessions once a week, each lasting for about 30 minutes, focusing on ego-strengthening, relaxation, releasing muscular tension and increasing self-efficacy.

Main outcome measures: A questionnaire was developed in order to calibrate the symptoms before and after the 10 weeks period, and the results were interpolated into a scale from 0 to 100, increasing numbers representing increasing suffering.

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Key information

Conditions

Chronic Widespread Pain Chronic Pain Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

1) Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo

Oslo, 0318, Norway

Who can participate

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Chronic widespread pain for at least three months and at most five years.

Exclusion criteria

Patients having primarily other organic diseases or serious psychiatric disorders were excluded.

Treatment and study plan

Hypnosis

Procedure

a standardized hypnosis treatment with ten consecutive therapeutic sessions once a week,

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Oslo

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2001
Study completion: 2005
First posted: Aug 28, 2007
Registry last updated: Oct 20, 2008

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