RT Journal Article
T1 Hypnosis is More Effective than Clinical Interviews: Occurrence of Trauma in Fibromyalgia
A1 Xavier De Almeida-Marques, Francisco
A1 Sanchez-Blanco, Jose
A1 Javier Cano-Garcia, Francisco
K1 Chronic pain
K1 Life events
K1 Abuse
K1 Care
K1 Disability
K1 Symptoms
K1 Criteria
K1 Impact
AB To determine whether hypnosis is more effective than conventional interviewing to find traumatic life events in patients with fibromyalgia, we carried out a within-subject experimental design with complete intragroup counterbalancing. Thirty-two women under care in a public primary care center gave 2 identical interviews, with an interval of 3months, in which the occurrence of traumatic life events was explored, once in a state of wakefulness and once in a state of hypnosis. The state of consciousness was evaluated using 3 measures: bispectral index, skin conductance level, and pain intensity. In the hypnotic state, the patients expressed 9.8 times more traumatic life events than in the waking state, a statistically significant difference with a large effect size.
PB Routledge journals, taylor & francis ltd
SN 0020-7144
YR 2018
FD 2018-01-01
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/18925
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/18925
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Jun 1, 2025