SynthesisBMC musculoskeletal disorders2011
Efficacy of hypnosis/guided imagery in fibromyalgia syndrome--a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 95 citations in OpenAlex.
- Psychotherapy for Physical Pain in Patients with Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review.Pain research & management · 2020Pooled it
- An umbrella review of the literature on the effectiveness of psychological interventions for pain reduction.BMC psychology · 2017Pooled it
- The Efficacy, Safety and Applications of Medical Hypnosis.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2016Pooled it
- Guided Imagery for Arthritis and Other Rheumatic Diseases: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses · 2015Pooled it
- Mind and body therapy for fibromyalgia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Cognitive behavioural therapies for fibromyalgia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Guided Imagery for Total Knee Replacement: Responses to an Audiobook Placebo Treatment.Western journal of nursing research · 2020Trial
- Hypnosis can reduce pain in hospitalized older patients: a randomized controlled study.BMC geriatrics · 2016Trial
- Hypnotic relaxation results in elevated thresholds of sensory detection but not of pain detection.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2014Trial
- Gut-directed hypnotherapy significantly augments clinical remission in quiescent ulcerative colitis.Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · 2013Trial
- Fibromyalgia: do I tackle you with complementary medicines?Pain reports · 2025Review
- Is there a role for hypnosis in palliative care?Palliative care and social practice · 2025Review
- The Role of Psychological Factors in Noncardiac Chest Pain of Esophageal Origin.Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility · 2024Review
- Assessment of complementary and alternative medicine methods in the management of ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, and fibromyalgia syndrome.Rheumatology international · 2023Review
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- Behavioral Medicine Methods in Treatment of Somatic Conditions.BioMed research international · 2020Review
- The Role of Hypnosis in Cancer Care.Current oncology reports · 2018Review
- Scoping review of systematic reviews of complementary medicine for musculoskeletal and mental health conditions.BMJ open · 2018Article
- Psychological Interventions for Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.Clinical and translational gastroenterology · 2017Article
- Management of fibromyalgia syndrome in 2016.Pain management · 2016Review
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundRecent systematic reviews on psychological therapies of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) did not consider hypnosis/guided imagery (H/GI). Therefore we performed a systematic review with meta-analysis of the efficacy of H/GI in FMS.
methodsWe screened http://ClinicalTrials.gov, Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, PsycINFO and SCOPUS (through December 2010). (Quasi-) randomized controlled trials (CTs) comparing H/GI with controls were analyzed. Outcomes were pain, sleep, fatigue, depressed mood and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Effects were summarized using standardized mean differences (SMD).
resultsSix CTs with 239 subjects with a median of 9 (range 7-12) H/GI-sessions were analysed. The median number of patients in the H/GI groups was 20 (range 8-26). Three studies performed follow-ups. H/GI reduced pain compared to controls at final treatment (SMD -1.17 [95% CI -2.21, -0.13]; p = 0.03). H/GI did not reduce limitations of HRQOL at final treatment (SMD -0.90 [95% CI -2.55, 0.76]; p = 0.29) compared to controls. Effect sizes on fatigue, sleep and depressed mood at final treatment and follow-up and on pain and HRQOL at follow-up were not calculated because of limited data available. The significant effect on pain at final treatment was associated with low methodological and low treatment quality.
conclusionFurther studies with better treatment quality and adequate methodological quality assessing all key domains of FMS are necessary to clarify the efficacy of H/GI in FMS.
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