RESEARCH - Effect of hypnotic suggestion of fibromyalgic pain

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Eur J Pain. 2006 Aug 2; [Epub ahead of print]

Effect of hypnotic suggestion on fibromyalgic pain: Comparison between

hypnosis and relaxation.

Pain Clinic and UFISS Palliative Care. Hospital Universitari de Tarragona

Joan XXIII and Gestio i Prestacio de Serveis de Salut, C/Doctor Mallafre

Guasch 4, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.

The main aims of this experimental study are: (1) to compare the relative

effects of analgesia suggestions and relaxation suggestions on clinical

pain, and (2) to compare the relative effect of relaxation suggestions when

they are presented as " hypnosis " and as " relaxation training " . Forty-five

patients with fibromyalgia were randomly assigned to one of the following

experimental conditions: (a) hypnosis with relaxation suggestions; (

hypnosis with analgesia suggestions; © relaxation. Before and after the

experimental session, the pain intensity was measured using a visual

analogue scale (VAS) and the sensory and affective dimensions were measured

with the McGill Pain Questionnaire. The results showed: (1) that hypnosis

followed by analgesia suggestions has a greater effect on the intensity of

pain and on the sensory dimension of pain than hypnosis followed by

relaxation suggestions; (2) that the effect of hypnosis followed by

relaxation suggestions is not greater than relaxation. We discuss the

implications of the study on our understanding of the importance of

suggestions used in hypnosis and of the differences and similarities between

hypnotic relaxation and relaxation training.

PMID: 16889999

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