Treatment of non cardiac chest pain: a role for hypnotherapy?
Completed
- Conditions
- on cardiac chest painSigns and SymptomsPain in throat and chest
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN54865517
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Health (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with angina-like chest pain who have been shown to have normal coronary arteries and have no other co-existent disease.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patients with proven coronary artery disease
2.Patients with oesophageal reflux disease
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Subjective global assessment of relief of symptoms compared with pre-trial status.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine whether hypnotherapy improves frequency, severity and duration of non cardiac chest pain, as well as quality of life and psychological status (visual analogue scales).
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