Effect of hypnotherapy and control therapy on pain, anxiety, depression, and MacNew scores as well as medication use
| Supportive therapy (n = 13) | Hypnotherapy (n = 15) | Significance between groups | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | End of treatment | Change | Baseline | End of treatment | Change | ||
| Values are mean (SD) or median (range). | |||||||
| *Decrease indicates improvement. | |||||||
| **Increase indicates improvement. | |||||||
| Change* in pain scores | 60.62 (17.9) | 47.31 (26.55) | 13.31 (18.44) | 59.7 (18.66) | 29.13 (25.31) | 30.53 (24.19) | 0.046 |
| Change* in pain frequency scores | 28 (4, 28) | 20 (4, 28) | 0 (−8, 22) | 24 (2, 28) | 12 (0, 28) | 8 (−8, 25) | 0.20 |
| Change* in anxiety scores | 4 (3, 13) | 5 (0, 19) | −1 (−4, 15) | 6 (4, 15) | 7 (2, 13) | 0 (−4, 4) | 0.56 |
| Change* in depression scores | 5 (1, 13) | 5 (1, 14) | −1 (−5, 10) | 5 (1, 10) | 5 (1, 11) | 0 (−3, 9) | 0.47 |
| Change** in total MacNew score | 4.63 (0.96) | 4.68 (1.07) | 0.05 (0.35) | 4.82 (0.91) | 5.16 (0.81) | 0.34 (0.45) | 0.07 |
| Change* in number of medications | 1 (0, 6) | 1 (0, 6) | 0 (−2, 3) | 2 (0, 4) | 0 (0, 4) | −1 (−3, 0) | 0.017 |