Hypnosis in Internal Medecine

• Conditions: Hypnosis; Medically Unexplained Symptoms; Autoimmune Diseases

• Registration Number: NCT04698824
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Grenoble

Brief Summary

Description of the short and long-term impact of hypnosis sessions for patient having benefited from at least one hypnosis session in internal medicine at the french hospital "Groupe Hospitalier Mutualiste de Grenoble", with the help of a qualitative survey made by phone.

Detailed Description

The practice of hypnosis has experienced a recent boom in medicine, with a multiplication of its fields of action. Regarding internal medicine, the influence of the psyche on the immune system makes the use of hypnosis particularly relevant for autoimmune diseases. Medically unexplained symptoms (another important field of internal medicine) are also strongly psychosomatic and thus susceptible to hypnosis. The hypothesis is thus made that hypnosis can bring multiple benefits to internal medicine patients.

The main objective of this study is to describe the short and long-term impact of hypnosis sessions for patient having benefited from at least one hypnosis session in internal medicine at the french hospital "Groupe Hospitalier Mutualiste de Grenoble", with the help of a qualitative survey made by phone.

Moreover retrospective medical data concerning these patients will be collected to determine their medical history, their main symptoms et reasons to use hypnosis.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-01-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-01-04
• Study First Posted: 2021-01-07
• Status Verified: 2021-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-05-04
• Last Update Posted: 2021-05-05
• Study Start: 2021-06
• Primary Completion: 2021-07
• Study Completion: 2021-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 70

Inclusion Criteria

• All consecutive patients who had at least one hypnosis session in internal medicine at the hospital "Groupe Hospitalier Mutualiste de Grenoble" between 08/28/2015 (date of the very first hypnosis consultation in internal medicine) and 03/17/2020 (date of confinement due to Covid19 in France)

Exclusion Criteria

• Patient who had a hypnosis session, but who is not followed for a pathology in internal medicine or in internal medicine with a pneumological orientation

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Description of the short and long-term impact of hypnosis sessions thanks to a qualitative phone survey	Assessed only once. Phone call will be performed between march 2021 and June 2021	Improvement in symptoms and quality of life, assessed thanks to a qualitative phone survey by 5-levels Likert scales

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assessment of the reasons for patient satisfaction / dissatisfaction	Assessed only once. Phone call will be performed between march 2021 and June 2021	Qualitative description by an open question in the phone survey
Description of the characteristics of these patients and of the hypnosis sessions	At inclusion	Patients'characteristics described in medical records