Hypnosis for Pain Management With Cancer Survivors
Abstract
This randomized pilot clinical trial studies hypnotherapy in treating chronic pain in cancer survivors. Hypnotherapy is a state of concentration and focused attention which can provide more control over the experience of acute and chronic pain and its impact and may provide comfort, maximize function, and improve quality of life in cancer survivors.
Conditions: Anxiety, Cancer Survivor, Chronic Pain, Depression, Sleep Disorder.
Primary outcome: Acceptability of hypnotherapy determined by structured phone interviews with participants; Change in beliefs on how well the treatment might work, as measured by the Credibility/Expectancy Questionnaire; Change in imaginative involvement as measured by the Tellegen Absorption Scale; Change in pain and anxiety, as measured using the patient diary; Change in pain and anxiety, as measured using the Pre- Post-Intervention Questionnaire; Change in pain-associated anxiety, measured using the Pain Catastrophizing Scale; Change in Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System-29 scores (measures function, anxiety, depression, fatigue, sleep, and pain interference and intensity); Feasibility of delivering hypnotherapy in terms of recruitment, attrition, adherence, and logistical issues; Patient demographics, as measured by the Demographic Questionnaire.
Enrollment: 39 participants.
How strong is the evidence?
Evidence Hub reads this as a randomized trial, done in people. Its evidence level is 2 of 5 (High · randomized trial). Randomized trials of a reasonable size are the strongest single-study design. Reported size: 39 participants or records.
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