Hypnosis is More Effective than Clinical Interviews.
Francisco Xavier De Almeida-MarquesJosé Sánchez-BlancoFrancisco Javier Cano-GarcíaPublished in: The International journal of clinical and experimental hypnosis (2019)
To determine whether hypnosis is more effective than conventional interviewing to find traumatic life events in patients with fibromyalgia, we carried out a within-subject experimental design with complete intragroup counterbalancing. Thirty-two women under care in a public primary care center gave 2 identical interviews, with an interval of 3 months, in which the occurrence of traumatic life events was explored, once in a state of wakefulness and once in a state of hypnosis. The state of consciousness was evaluated using 3 measures: bispectral index, skin conductance level, and pain intensity. In the hypnotic state, the patients expressed 9.8 times more traumatic life events than in the waking state, a statistically significant difference with a large effect size.
Keyphrases
- primary care
- spinal cord injury
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- chronic pain
- pain management
- ejection fraction
- palliative care
- risk assessment
- mental health
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- adipose tissue
- pregnant women
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- soft tissue
- patient reported outcomes
- skeletal muscle
- general practice
- drug induced