Brian W Pulling, Felicity A Braithwaite, G Lorimer Moseley, Mark P Jensen, Anne L J Burke, Kathryn L Collins, Melissa J Hull, Hannah G Jones, Allan M Cyna, Nicki Ferencz, Tasha R Stanton
{"title":"Suggestions in Hypnosis to Aid Pain Education (SHAPE) in People with Chronic Low-Back Pain: A Pilot Feasibility Randomized, Controlled Trial.","authors":"Brian W Pulling, Felicity A Braithwaite, G Lorimer Moseley, Mark P Jensen, Anne L J Burke, Kathryn L Collins, Melissa J Hull, Hannah G Jones, Allan M Cyna, Nicki Ferencz, Tasha R Stanton","doi":"10.1080/00207144.2022.2105147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2022.2105147","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a debilitating and burdensome condition, and new treatment strategies are needed. This study aimed to evaluate (1) the feasibility of undertaking a controlled clinical trial investigating a novel intervention for people with CLBP: hypnotically reinforced pain science education, and (2) the acceptability of the intervention as rated by participants. <i>A priori</i> feasibility and intervention acceptability criteria were set. Twenty participants with CLBP were recruited and randomized to receive: (1) hypnotically delivered pain science education that utilizes hypnotic suggestions to enhance uptake of pain science concepts; or (2) pain science education with progressive muscle relaxation as an attention control. Twenty participants were recruited, however, not solely from the hospital waitlist as intended; community sampling was required (13 hospital, 7 community). Most criteria were met in the community sample but not the hospital sample. Protocol modifications are needed before progressing to a full scale randomized controlled trial for hypnotically reinforced pain science education. Improvements in relevant secondary outcomes paired with moderate-high treatment acceptability ratings are promising.</p>","PeriodicalId":13896,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40711258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evidence-Based Practice and Clinical Hypnosis","authors":"G. Elkins","doi":"10.1080/00207144.2022.2047006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2022.2047006","url":null,"abstract":"The lead article of this issue of the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (IJCEH) is a landmark report from an international task force that provides contemporary guidelines for evaluating the efficacy of clinical hypnosis interventions. This is a very important article that can inform clinical practice as well as future research. Further, this issue of the IJCEH includes a study of the role of hypnotiz- ability in well-being and health which has implications for positive psychology interventions integrating clinical hypnosis. Also, another study in this issue of the IJCEH reports the impressive results from the one year follow-up from a randomized clinical trial of self-hypnosis and self-care among cancer patients. The findings from these studies point to the role of clinical hypnosis in well-being and self-care. Additional articles provide insights from virtual reality hypnosis in pain research and the relationship between beliefs and hypnotizability. The final article presents new research on the feasibility of an on-line hypnosis intervention for women with persistent pelvic pain.","PeriodicalId":13896,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49593885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shelley A Wiechman, Mark P Jensen, Sam R Sharar, Jason K Barber, Maryam Soltani, David R Patterson
{"title":"The Impact of Virtual Reality Hypnosis on Pain and Anxiety Caused by Trauma: Lessons Learned from a Clinical Trial.","authors":"Shelley A Wiechman, Mark P Jensen, Sam R Sharar, Jason K Barber, Maryam Soltani, David R Patterson","doi":"10.1080/00207144.2022.2052296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2022.2052296","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This randomized, controlled trial tested the impact that hypnosis delivered through immersive virtual reality technology on background pain, anxiety, opioid use, and hospital length of stay in a sample of patients hospitalized for trauma. Participants were randomly assigned to receive either virtual-reality-induced hypnosis, virtual reality for distraction, or usual care during the course of their hospitalization. Mean number of treatment sessions was 3. A total of 153 patients participated in the study. Results indicated no significant differences between the experimental and control conditions on any outcome measures. This study used an early version of virtual reality technology to induce hypnosis and highlighted several important lessons about the challenges of implementation of this technology and how to improve its use in clinical settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":13896,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9248347/pdf/nihms-1794815.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9226822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zoltan Kekecs, Donald Moss, Gary Elkins, Giuseppe De Benedittis, Olafur S Palsson, Philip D Shenefelt, Devin B Terhune, Katalin Varga, Peter J Whorwell
{"title":"Guidelines for the Assessment of Efficacy of Clinical Hypnosis Applications.","authors":"Zoltan Kekecs, Donald Moss, Gary Elkins, Giuseppe De Benedittis, Olafur S Palsson, Philip D Shenefelt, Devin B Terhune, Katalin Varga, Peter J Whorwell","doi":"10.1080/00207144.2022.2049446","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2022.2049446","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research on the efficacy of hypnosis applications continues to grow, but there remain major gaps between the science and clinical practice. One challenge has been a lack of consensus on which applications of hypnosis are efficacious based on research evidence. In 2018, 6 major hypnosis organizations collaborated to form the Task Force for Establishing Efficacy Standards for Clinical Hypnosis. This paper describes a Guideline for the Assessment of Efficacy of Clinical Hypnosis Applications developed by the Task Force, which makes 10 specific recommendations. The guideline is intended to be a tool for those who want to assess the quality of existing evidence on the efficacy of clinical hypnosis for any particular indication. The paper also discusses methodological issues in the interpretation and implementation of these guidelines. Future papers will report on the other products of the Hypnosis Efficacy Task Force, such as best practice recommendations for outcomes research in hypnosis and an international survey of researchers and clinicians on current practice and attitudes about hypnosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":13896,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40313720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"God Locus of Health Control, Paranormal Beliefs, and Hypnotizability.","authors":"Joseph P Green, Spencer R Hina","doi":"10.1080/00207144.2022.2049445","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2022.2049445","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Belief in the paranormal (e.g., spirits, extrasensory perception, fortune telling, extraterrestrials) is common. Extraordinary and magical beliefs have been linked with hypnotizability. A total of 167 undergraduates completed measures of paranormal and magical beliefs, locus of control, absorption, fantasy proneness, expectancy about being hypnotized, and the God Locus of Health Control scale (GLHC) and were hypnotized with the HGSHS:A. High and medium hypnotizable participants more strongly agreed with statements reflecting paranormal and magical beliefs and the assertion that God directly controls their health, relative to those less responsive to hypnosis. Using stepwise regression, we found that expectations about hypnosis along with scores on the GLHC scale accounted for 26% and 30% of the variance in behavioral and subjective scores on the HGSHS:A, respectively. The authors discuss paranormal beliefs and the link between the GLHC and hypnotizability.</p>","PeriodicalId":13896,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40313724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tiffany Brooks, Rebecca Sharp, S. Evans, Sonia Scharfbillig, J. Baranoff, A. Esterman
{"title":"Potential Feasibility of an Online Hypnosis Intervention for Women with Persistent Pelvic Pain","authors":"Tiffany Brooks, Rebecca Sharp, S. Evans, Sonia Scharfbillig, J. Baranoff, A. Esterman","doi":"10.1080/00207144.2022.2052297","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2022.2052297","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study aimed to examine the potential feasibility of an online hypnotic intervention for women with persistent pelvic pain. The secondary aim was to explore the effect of the hypnosis intervention on anxiety, depression, pain severity, coping, pain catastrophizing, and pain disability in comparison to a no-intervention control. Twenty women with persistent pelvic pain completed assessment questionnaires and were recruited from a variety of social media sites related to persistent pelvic pain and randomized to either control or hypnotic intervention groups. The intervention group completed a 7-week online hypnotic intervention. Results found a 30% dropout rate and modest compliance (90%-40%) with practice of audio recordings. Comments from the 7 participants who completed the hypnosis intervention indicated it was acceptable. Significant reductions in screening measures of anxiety and depression were found; however, there were no significant effects shown for pain severity, avoidant coping, pain catastrophizing, or pain disability. The intervention is potentially feasible, but further refinement and optimization is needed to increase retention, compliance, and potential effects.","PeriodicalId":13896,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44930095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Grégoire, M. Faymonville, A. Vanhaudenhuyse, G. Jerusalem, S. Willems, I. Bragard
{"title":"Randomized, Controlled Trial of an Intervention Combining Self-Care and Self-Hypnosis on Fatigue, Sleep, and Emotional Distress in Posttreatment Cancer Patients: 1-Year Follow-Up","authors":"C. Grégoire, M. Faymonville, A. Vanhaudenhuyse, G. Jerusalem, S. Willems, I. Bragard","doi":"10.1080/00207144.2022.2049973","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2022.2049973","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Cancer can provoke fatigue, sleep disturbances, and emotional distress. Hypnosis interventions have shown positive short-term effects on these symptoms. However, less is known about their long-term effects. This study assessed the short- and long-term effects of a group intervention combining self-care and self-hypnosis on these symptoms in posttreatment cancer patients. Ninety-five female cancer survivors were randomized to either a hypnosis group intervention or wait-list control. Results showed significant decreases in fatigue, sleep difficulties and emotional distress after intervention for the hypnosis group intervention in comparison to the wait-list control. Most of these positive effects were maintained at 1-year follow-up. Most participants received the hypnosis group intervention approximately 10.65 months after diagnosis, and it is possible that delivering the intervention earlier after diagnosis could have achieved a more robust impact. Further studies are needed to replicate these results in comparison to an active control condition and investigate the best time postdiagnosis for initiating the intervention.","PeriodicalId":13896,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49246842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Edith Biscuola, Marianna Bongini, Iacopo Belcari, E. Santarcangelo, L. Sebastiani
{"title":"Well-Being in Highly Hypnotizable Persons","authors":"Edith Biscuola, Marianna Bongini, Iacopo Belcari, E. Santarcangelo, L. Sebastiani","doi":"10.1080/00207144.2022.2049972","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2022.2049972","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Both hypnotizability and well-being are relevant to health. This study aimed to investigate whether high hypnotizability was positively associated with well-being and whether the latter was related to the activity of the behavioral inhibition/approach system (BIS/BAS). ANOVA revealed significantly higher scores on the General Well-Being Index (PGWBI) in highly hypnotizable (highs, n = 31) compared with low hypnotizable participants (lows, n = 53), with medium hypnotizable participants (mediums, n = 41) exhibiting intermediate values. This finding was discussed in relation to other hypnotizability-related traits, such as morpho-functional brain characteristics, equivalence between imagery and perception, and interoceptive sensitivity. A secondary finding was a nonsignificant gender difference in scores on the PGWBI. The highs’ higher well-being could be considered a favorable prognostic factor for physical and mental health.","PeriodicalId":13896,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45207781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pilot Study of a Brief Hypnotic Induction: Effects on Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, and Subjective Distress in Patients Diagnosed with Hypertension.","authors":"Arif Setyo Upoyo, Endang Triyanto, Agis Taufik","doi":"10.1080/00207144.2022.2004544","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2022.2004544","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The feasibility of hypnotherapy interventions for lowering blood pressure and psychological stress in hypertensive patients was investigated in a pilot study. The research objective was to determine the effect of audio hypnotherapy on blood pressure, stress levels, and heart rate in primary hypertension patients. The study randomized 64 hypertensive patients to the intervention or usual care. The intervention group received hypnotherapy through audio recordings for 15 minutes, while the control group took a rest for about 15 minutes. Blood pressure and heart rate were measured with digital tensimeter and stress levels with the Subjective Units of Distress Scale. Data analysis used Kruskal Wallis Test. The results showed a significant difference between the intervention and control groups with <i>p</i> value < .001 for decreasing in systolic blood pressure and <i>p</i> value < .001 for decreasing in stress levels. This pilot study suggests that a hypnotherapy intervention may be feasible and of benefit in a clinical population of hypertensive patients, however further study is needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":13896,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39954005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Dolores Cano Romero, Maria Teresa Munoz Sastre, Paul Clay Sorum, Etienne Mullet
{"title":"Positions of French Nurses Regarding the use of Hypnotherapy to Relieve Pain in Postoperative Settings.","authors":"Maria Dolores Cano Romero, Maria Teresa Munoz Sastre, Paul Clay Sorum, Etienne Mullet","doi":"10.1080/00207144.2022.2004077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2022.2004077","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The objective of this study was to carry out a detailed mapping of the different personal positions of French nurses concerning the practice of hypnotherapy. Factorial design was used to assess the impact of 4 situational factors: type of postoperative care and degree of pain associated with it (chemotherapy, wound cleansing and bandaging, or body grooming that leads to pain on mobilization); whether paracetamol (also known as acetaminophen) was administrated along with hypnosis or not; professional credentials of the hypnotherapist; and patient's identity (adult, young person, elderly person, or young person with learning difficulties). A combination of scenario technique and cluster analysis was implemented. Participants were 91 registered nurses and, for comparison, 19 nurse's aides, 9 physicians, 5 psychologists, and 77 laypersons. Seven qualitatively different positions were found. Only a minority of French nurses were convinced that hypnotherapy is an indisputably acceptable practice in postoperative care. Most of them were indifferent to the issue as long as pain medication was used. Nurses' views appeared to be similar to physicians' views.</p>","PeriodicalId":13896,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39677692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}