Effect of Hypnosis on Dyspnea (Hypnopnee)

Association pour le Développement et l'Organisation de la Recherche en Pneumologie et sur le Sommeil

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy; Dyspnea

Treatments: Behavioral: hypnosis

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02792738

ADOREPS_3

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this protocol is to test the effect of hypnosis on laboratory dyspnea.

Full description

This is a study of permissive suggestion in two laboratory models of dyspnea ("work/effort", "air hunger"). Breathing discomfort rating induced by laboratory models of dyspnea will be assessed before, during and after hypnosis.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• healthy volunteers

Exclusion criteria

• pregnancy
• ongoing pain
• respiratory disease
• high levels of depression, panic disorder, or other significant mental health problems
• not fluent in french

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

hypnosis, visual distraction

Experimental group

Description:

This is a crossover study in which each subject will be exposed to a 5 min phase of hypnotic suggestion and visual distraction. For hypnotic suggestion, subject will be invited to experience a pleasant memory . Indirect and permissive suggestion will be used. For visual distraction, subject will be watching the movie "la marche des empereurs"

Treatment:

Behavioral: hypnosis