Hypnotherapy to Improve Coping With Stress

Charité University Medicine Berlin

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stress, Psychological

Treatments: Behavioral: Health education; Behavioral: Hypnosis

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03525093

HYPNOSTRESS2

Details and patient eligibility

About

This prospective controlled study aims to test a 5 week group hypnosis training as intervention to improve coping with perceived psychological stress.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy or health-stable participants between 18 and 65 years with increased perceived stress for at least 3 months
• Perceived stress in the last week on the visual analog scale> 40 mm (VAS 0 - 100 mm)
• Ability to consent and sign declaration of consent

Exclusion criteria

• Current or planned participation in a stress management exercise 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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Hypnosis + health education

Active Comparator group

Description:

5 sessions of group hypnosis, each 90 minutes; plus CDs/MP3 recordings to train at home plus health education booklet on coping with stress

Treatment:

Behavioral: Hypnosis

Health education alone

Other group

Description:

Patients receive a health education booklet to improve coping with stress

Treatment:

Behavioral: Health education