Self-hypnosis in Patients Awaiting Lung Transplantation (SelfHypTp)

Hopital Foch

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lung Transplantation

Treatments: Behavioral: Routine practice; Behavioral: Self-hypnosis

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02237976

2014/47

2014-A00538-39

Details and patient eligibility

About

The proposed study is designed to utilize a self-hypnosis training program for patients awaiting lung transplantation. This technique can increase their well being, particularly by decreasing postoperative pain.

Enrollment: 78 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients aged 15 years or more requiring lung transplantation

Exclusion criteria

• patients who cannot participate in learning sessions of self-hypnosis for cultural , cognitive or environmental reasons
• patients who have participated in only one learning self-hypnosis session before transplantation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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78 participants in 2 patient groups

Self-hypnosis

Experimental group

Description:

Patients are trained to practice self-hypnosis wen they are listed for lung transplantation. They are encourage to practice it before and after transplantation.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Self-hypnosis

Routine practice

Active Comparator group

Description:

No specific intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Routine practice