Trial reportBMC complementary medicine and therapies2020
Group hypnosis for stress reduction and improved stress coping: a multicenter randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in BMC complementary medicine and therapies, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03525093 (A Hypnotherapeutic Group Training to Improve Coping With Perceived Stress - a Prospective Controlled Interventional Multicenter Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers.
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A Hypnotherapeutic Group Training to Improve Coping With Perceived Stress - a Prospective Controlled Interventional Multicenter Trial
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Promoting relaxation through essential oil-enhanced digital hypnotherapy: A randomized controlled trial.Psychological medicine · 2026Trial
- Hypnosis reshapes multilevel stress response and enhances executive performance in stressed medical students.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Designing the Next Generation of Antibiotics: Structure, SAR, and Strategy in Medicinal Chemistry (2000-2025).Medicinal research reviews · 2026Review
- From stress to success: using physiological data to predict cardiopulmonary resuscitation simulation performance.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Exploring feasibility of fNIRS to assess delayed inhibition effect of prefrontal cortex for acute stress by acupuncture on GV20: a pilot study.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Article
- The relevance of outcome expectations in group hypnosis for stress reduction: a secondary analysis of a multicenter randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- "Close your eyes and relax": the role of hypnosis in reducing anxiety, and its implications for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of the trial was to investigate the effect of a hypnotherapeutic group program in healthy persons with increased levels of perceived stress.
methodsIn a randomized controlled multicenter trial participants with a self-assessed subjective stress level ≥ 40 mm on a visual analogue scale (0-100 mm; VAS) for the previous week and a stable state of health were randomized to either 5 weekly sessions of 120-min duration of a hypnotherapeutic group program for stress reduction and improved stress coping plus 5 hypnosis audiorecords for individual practice at home plus an educational booklet for stress coping (hypnosis group) versus an educational booklet only (control group). The primary outcome parameter was the VAS stress level for the previous week after 5 weeks. Secondary outcome parameters included the VAS stress level after 12 weeks, perceived stress (CPSS), depression (ADS-K), self efficacy (SWE) and quality of life (SF 36) after 5 weeks and 12 weeks. Analysis of covariance with a significance level of 5% using the full analysis set was used for analysis; the model included treatment (fixed effect), VAS baseline value (fixed covariate), and center (random effect).
resultsA total of 95 participants were randomized; 47 (40 female, 45 ± 13.4 years of age) were allocated to the hypnosis group, and 48 (41 female, 46.9 ± 14.3 years) were allocated to the control group. Regarding VAS stress level after 5 weeks, the adjusted VAS mean in the hypnosis group was 41.8 mm [95% confidence interval (CI): 35.2; 48.4] compared to 62.9 mm [56.2; 69.7] in the control group, and the group difference was - 21.2 mm [- 30.1; - 12.2] (P < 0.001). After 12 weeks, the stress intensity on the VAS showed a between-group difference of - 14.7 mm [- 25.1; - 4.4] (P = 0.006), and the adjusted means were 41.1 mm [33.4; 48.8] in the hypnosis group and 55.9 mm [48.4; 63.5] in the control group. Improvements were also reported for CPSS, SF-36, SWE and ADS-K after 5 and 12 weeks.
conclusionCompared to the control group, the hypnosis group showed reduced perceived stress after 5 and 12 weeks.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT03525093 ; date of registration: May 15, 2018.
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