Trial reportPain2020
Effects of hypnosis, cognitive therapy, hypnotic cognitive therapy, and pain education in adults with chronic pain: a randomized clinical trial.
Trial report in Pain, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06957743 (Mechanisms of Mindfulness Meditation and Self-Hypnosis for Pain in Older Adults With Chronic Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers.
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Mechanisms of Mindfulness Meditation and Self-Hypnosis for Pain in Older Adults With Chronic Pain
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.
- Collaborative Care Versus Usual Care to Improve Quality of Life, Pain, Depression, and Physical Activity in Outpatients With Spinal Cord Injury: The SCI-CARE Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.Journal of neurotrauma · 2023Trial
- Who Benefits the Most From Different Psychological Chronic Pain Treatments? An Exploratory Analysis of Treatment Moderators.The journal of pain · 2023Trial
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- Efficacy of a combination of hypnosis and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for chronic non-cancer pain: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of advanced nursing · 2021Trial
- Complementary treatment comparison for chronic pain management: A randomized longitudinal study.PloS one · 2021Trial
- Effort and control of pain: a dilemma for patients and providers.Pain reports · 2026Article
- Effect of Mindful Hypnotherapy on Psychological Distress: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Existential therapy for treating chronic pain: A scoping review.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2025Article
- The efficacy, safety, and satisfaction of telehealth-delivered hypnotic cognitive therapy for chronic pain in spinal cord injury: A pilot study with historical controls.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2025Article
- The Use of Medical Hypnosis to Prevent and Treat Acute and Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Brief interventions for chronic pain: Approaches and evidence.Current opinion in psychology · 2025Review
- Unlocking the hidden power of the subconscious: 30 years of the postgraduate course in Vienna.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2025Article
- Adjunctive use of hypnosis for clinical pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Pain reports · 2024Review
- The Impact of Nonpharmacological Interventions on Opioid Use for Chronic Noncancer Pain: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Practicing self-hypnosis to reduce chronic pain: A qualitative exploratory study of HYlaDO.British journal of pain · 2024Article
- Make me more comfortable: effects of a hypnosis session on pain perception in chronic pain patients.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- A Case Study of Hypnosis Enhanced Cognitive Therapy for Pain in a Ventilator Dependent Patient during Inpatient Rehabilitation for Spinal Cord Injury.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Coordination of Care Between Chiropractic and Behavioral Health Practitioners Within the US Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System: A Report of 3 Patients With Pain and Mental Health Symptoms.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2022Article
- Application of Virtual Reality Technology in Clinical Practice, Teaching, and Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Review
- Electronic Delivery of Pain Education for Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions: A Prospective Cohort Study.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2021Article
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Abstract
Chronic pain is a significant health problem worldwide with limited pharmacological treatment options. This study evaluated the relative efficacy of 4 treatment sessions each of 4 nonpharmacological treatments: (1) hypnotic cognitive therapy (using hypnosis to alter the meaning of pain); (2) standard cognitive therapy; (3) hypnosis focused on pain reduction, and (4) pain education. One hundred seventy-three individuals with chronic pain were randomly assigned to receive 4 sessions of 1 of the 4 treatments. Primary (pain intensity) and secondary outcome measures were administered by assessors unaware of treatment allocation at pretreatment, posttreatment, and 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-up. Treatment effects were evaluated using analysis of variance, a generalized estimating equation approach, or a Fisher exact test, depending on the outcome domain examined. All 4 treatments were associated with medium to large effect size improvements in pain intensity that maintained up to 12 months posttreatment. Pretreatment to posttreatment improvements were observed across the 4 treatment conditions on the secondary outcomes of pain interference and depressive symptoms, with some return towards pretreatment levels at 12-month follow-up. No significant between-group differences emerged in omnibus analyses, and few statistically significant between-group differences emerged in the planned pairwise analyses, although the 2 significant effects that did emerge favored hypnotic cognitive therapy. Future research is needed to determine whether the significant differences that emerged are reliable.
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