Group Hypnosis for Stress Reduction (Hypnostress)

Charité University Medicine Berlin

Status

Completed

Conditions

Stress, Psychological

Treatments

Behavioral: Group hypnosis

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03402074

Hypnostress

Details and patient eligibility

About

This prospective feasibility study aims to test a 5 week group hypnosis training as intervention to reduce perceived psychological stress in healthy subjects.

Full description

In a pre- post comparison the feasibility of a standardized weekly 90 minutes group hypnosis training including CDs/MP3 recordings as homework to reduce perceived psychological stress in healthy subjects is investigated. Outcomes are measured quantitatively and qualitatively.

Enrollment

15 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 70 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Healthy or health-stable participants between 18 and 70 years with subjective increased intensity of stress in the last four weeks on the visual analogue scale rated between 40 -100 mm (VAS 0 - 100 mm)
Ability to consent and sign declaration of informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Current or planned participation in a stress management program within the next 17 weeks
Current use of psychotherapeutic treatment
presence of moderate or severe acute or chronic disease
presence of an acute or chronic mental disorder
Participation in a study within the last 2 months prior to enrollment
Lack of understanding of the German language