Back to resultsHypnosis as a Treatment of Chronic Widespread Pain in General Practice. A Pilot Study.
Primary Purpose
Chronic Widespread Pain
Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Norway
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Hypnosis
Sponsored by
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Chronic Widespread Pain focused on measuring Hypnosis,, Chronic widespread pain,, CWP,, General Practice
Eligibility Criteria
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.
Sites / Locations
- 1) Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm Type
No Intervention
Experimental
Arm Label
A 1
A 2
Arm Description
Treatment group
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
Secondary Outcome Measures
Full Information
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT00521807
Brief Title
Hypnosis as a Treatment of Chronic Widespread Pain in General Practice. A Pilot Study.
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
August 2007
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
March 2001 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
undefined (undefined)
Study Completion Date
May 2005 (Actual)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Name of the Sponsor
University of Oslo
4. Oversight
Data Monitoring Committee
No
5. Study Description
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.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Chronic Widespread Pain
Keywords
Hypnosis,, Chronic widespread pain,, CWP,, General Practice
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
18 (Actual)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Arm Title
A 1
Arm Type
No Intervention
Arm Title
A 2
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Treatment group
Intervention Type
Procedure
Intervention Name(s)
Hypnosis
Intervention Description
a standardized hypnosis treatment with ten consecutive therapeutic sessions once a week,
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Eligibility Criteria
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.
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Jan R Grondahl, Dr
Organizational Affiliation
The Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway.
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
1) Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo
City
Oslo
ZIP/Postal Code
0318
Country
Norway
12. IPD Sharing Statement
Citations:
PubMed Identifier
18801190
Citation
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.
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