Hypnosis can reduce pain in hospitalized older patients
Completed
- Conditions
- Potentially eligible patients were identified by the team in charge of the patient or by the pain and palliative care consultation team.Signs and Symptoms
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN15615614
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Hospital Geneva
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
Potentially eligible patients were identified by the team in charge of the patient or by the pain and palliative care consultation team. Patients were included starting from the fifth day of hospitalization, after stabilization of their acute illnesses.
Inclusion criteria were:
1. Chronic pain for more than 3 months with impact on daily living activities.
2. Intensity of pain higher than 4 on a numerical pain rating scale (0-10) at inclusion despite adequate analgesia.
3. EStatus examination >25
4. Post-traumatic stress disease
5. Active skin disease with a contraindication for massage
Exclusion Criteria
1. Deafness
2. Patient in his last days of life
3. Psychosis
4. Delirium (according to DSM-IV)
5. Cognitive impairment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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