Pain Management Table 9 Hypnotic Suggestion and Post-SCI Pain

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Author Year
Country
Score
Research Design
Total Sample Size

Methods

Outcome

Jensen et al. 2000
USA
Downs & Black score=16
Pre-post
N=22

Population: Age = 24-76 yrs; Gender: males = 64%, females = 36%; Time since injury = 1.75-42.33 yrs; Duration of pain = 13.88 yrs.
Treatment: Hypnotic suggestions for pain relief were given to each subject.
Outcome Measures: Pain intensity and unpleasantness and hypnotic responsiveness (modified version of the Stanford Hypnotic Clinical scale-SHCS.
  1. 86% reported decrease in pain intensity and unpleasantness from pre-induction to just after induction.
  2. A significant time effect emerged for both pain intensity (p<0.001) and pain unpleasantness (p<0.001).
  3. Significant effect for analgesic suggestion on pain intensity over and above the effects of the induction alone, with a significant decrease occurring in reported pain intensity before and after the analgesic suggestion (p<0.05).
  4. Pre-induction, post-induction, and post-analgesia suggestion pain intensity ratings were all significantly lower than average pain during the previous 6 months (p<0.01, p<0.0001, P<0.0001 respectively).
  5. Statistical significance was noted for 2 of the associations: Effect of pain plus analgesia suggestion on pain intensity (P<0.01) and effect of induction alone relative to least pain (p<0.05).