Hypnotherapy to Improve Coping With Stress

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Stress, Psychological
• Interventions: Behavioral: Health education; Behavioral: Hypnosis

• Registration Number: NCT03525093
• Lead Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Brief Summary

This prospective controlled study aims to test a 5 week group hypnosis training as intervention to improve coping with perceived psychological stress.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-04-23
• Study Start: 2018-05-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-05-14
• Study First Posted: 2018-05-15
• Primary Completion: 2018-10-30
• Status Verified: 2019-01
• Study Completion: 2019-01-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-01-30
• Last Update Posted: 2019-01-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

• Healthy or health-stable participants between 18 and 65 years with increased perceived stress for at least 3 months
• Perceived stress in the last week on the visual analog scale> 40 mm (VAS 0 - 100 mm)
• Ability to consent and sign declaration of consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Current or planned participation in a stress management exercise within the next 17 weeks
• Current use of psychotherapeutic treatment
• Presence of moderate or severe acute or chronic disease
• Presence of an acute or chronic mental disorder
• Participation in a study within the last 2 months prior to enrollment
• Lack of understanding of the German language

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Health education alone	Health education	Patients receive a health education booklet to improve coping with stress
Hypnosis + health education	Hypnosis	5 sessions of group hypnosis, each 90 minutes; plus CDs/MP3 recordings to train at home plus health education booklet on coping with stress

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Perceived Stress on Visual Analogue Scale	5 weeks	Visual Analogue Scale of perceived stress in the last week, 0-100 mm (0=no stress; 100 = extreme stress)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Cohens Perceived Stress Scale 10 Items	5 weeks, 12 weeks	Cohen S, Kamarck T, and Mermelstein R, "A global measure of perceived stress," Journal of Health and Social Behavior, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 385-396, 1983.
Stress reduction on Likert Scale	5 weeks, 12 weeks	Stress rating on a Likert Scale
SF 36 Quality of Life	5 weeks, 12 weeks	Bullinger M, Kirchberger I: SF-36: Fragebogen zum Gesundheitszustand, Hogrefe, Göttingen, Germany, 1998.
Perceived Stress on Visual Analogue Scale	12 weeks	Visual Analogue Scale of perceived stress in the last week, 0-100 mm (0=no stress; 100 = extreme stress)
Allgemeine Depressionsskala (ADS-K)	5 weeks, 12 weeks	Hautzinger M, Bailer M, Hofmeister D, Keller F. (2012). Allgemeine Depressionsskala (ADS) (2. Aufl.). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
General Self Efficacy Scale (Schwarzer)	5 weeks, 12 weeks	Schwarzer R, Jerusalem M. (Hrsg.). Skalen zur Erfassung von Lehrer- und Schülermerkmalen: Dokumentation der psychometrischen Verfahren im Rahmen der Wissenschaftlichen Begleitung des Modellversuchs Selbstwirksame Schulen. Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin, 1999.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Charité University Berlin; 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany