Hypnosis as a Treatment of Chronic Widespread Pain in General Practice. A Pilot Study.
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Brief Summary
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.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at below P25 for not_applicable
Started Mar 2001
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
March 1, 2001
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
May 1, 2005
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 27, 2007
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 28, 2007
CompletedOctober 20, 2008
August 1, 2007
August 27, 2007
October 17, 2008
Conditions
Keywords
Study Arms (2)
A 1
NO INTERVENTIONA 2
EXPERIMENTALTreatment group
Interventions
a standardized hypnosis treatment with ten consecutive therapeutic sessions once a week,
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Chronic widespread pain for at least three months and at most five years.
You may not qualify if:
- Patients having primarily other organic diseases or serious psychiatric disorders were excluded.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
1) Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo
Oslo, 0318, Norway
Related Publications (1)
Grondahl JR, Rosvold EO. Hypnosis as a treatment of chronic widespread pain in general practice: a randomized controlled pilot trial. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2008 Sep 18;9:124. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-9-124.
PMID: 18801190DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
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Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Jan R Grondahl, Dr
The Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway.
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 27, 2007
First Posted
August 28, 2007
Study Start
March 1, 2001
Study Completion
May 1, 2005
Last Updated
October 20, 2008
Record last verified: 2007-08