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Contribution of Hypnosis on Image Quality in Cardiac MRI

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Anxiety
Interventions
Other: Hypnosis
Registration Number
NCT05999578
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Bordeaux
Brief Summary

The present project aims to explore the effect of a hypnosis session performed on a patient with anxiety during a cardiac MRI examination on image quality.

Detailed Description

Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is an activity of the Bordeaux University Hospital that continues to grow (+7.3% in 2021 compared to 2019) under the combined effect of the increase in activity of cardiology care channels and the extension of clinical indications for cardiac MRI. Indeed, cardiac MRI has become an essential examination in the diagnosis of many heart diseases and is little practiced elsewhere in New Aquitaine. The current delay for a cardiac MRI is 3 and a half months.

In this context, it is necessary to be efficient because any procedure failure, examination interruption or insufficient image quality can delay the diagnosis and therapeutic management of the patient for several months. Numerous studies have shown that anxiety induces interruptions in the acquisition of MRI images and repetition of sequences, thus prolonging the examination time.

However, no study takes into account the specificity of cardiac MRI, whose image quality is intimately linked to the patient's cooperation and to the synchronization of the sequences with the heart rhythm.

Hypnosis seems to be adapted to reduce the patient's anxiety, by allowing him to ignore the surrounding reality while remaining in relation with the attendant.

The hypothesis is that by reducing patient anxiety through hypnosis, image quality in cardiac MRI would be improved.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
90
Inclusion Criteria
  • Anxious patient (anxiety score TRAIT (baseline) and anxiety score STATE (situational) ≥ 46) and non-anxious patient (anxiety score TRAIT and anxiety score STATE < 46) requiring cardiac MRI for diagnosis or follow-up of a cardiac pathology except the patients with cardiac arrhythmias or irregular heartbeats.
  • 18 years and older
  • Highly effective contraception for women of childbearing potential, maintained during research procedures
  • Informed consent
  • Affiliated or beneficiary of health insurance
Exclusion Criteria
  • Contraindications to MRI and gadoline contrast medium
  • Hearing impaired patients
  • Patients who do not speak French
  • Women who are pregnant or lactating
  • Inability to agree to participate to the study
  • Patient under legal protection

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Anxious patients with hypnosisHypnosisHypnosis support before, during and at the end of cardiac MRI exam
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
quality of cardiac MRI imagesBaseline

Likert score measurements

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Anxiety levelBaseline

The Spielberg State Anxiety Index STAI-Y anxiety score will be used to estimate patient anxiety before and after the MRI.

Causality score measurementBaseline

Causality score measurement for examinations with a Likert score \< 4

Number of repeated or interrupted sequencesBaseline

The number of repeated or interrupted sequences (by the Radiographer or the patient).

Overall durationBaseline

The overall duration of the examination and the different phases (reception and preparation time, image acquisition time).

Post-MRI satisfaction scoreBaseline

The post-MRI satisfaction score will be estimated from the patient by a visual analog scale rated from 0 (not at all satisfied) to 10 (very satisfied).

number of artifactsBaseline

The number of artifacts will be estimated with European CMR Registry objective score.

Diagnostic validation scoreBaseline

The diagnostic validation score for the entire examination (and not sequence by sequence) makes it possible to define whether, despite the presence of artifacts, the examination makes it possible to answer the question initially asked in the examination request.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU Bordeaux

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Bordeaux, France

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