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Relationship of Headache-Associated Stressors and Hypnosis Therapy Outcome in Children: A Retrospective Chart Review

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Pages 335-341 | Published online: 21 Sep 2011
 

Abstract

This study examined potential psychosocial stressors of 30 children with headaches (mean age, 15 years), and the role of insight generation in the outcome of hypnosis therapy. The mean duration of headache occurrence was 3 years. All of the patients were instructed in how to use hypnosis-induced relaxation and headache-related imagery to improve their symptoms. Thirty-seven percent reported their headaches were associated with fixed stressors, defined as caused by events over which patients had no control, while 63% reported variable stressors, defined as modifiable by the patients' actions. Four patients were lost to follow-up. Overall, 96% (25/26) reported a decrease in headache frequency and/or intensity following use of hypnosis. However, prior to insight generation patients reporting fixed stressors were significantly less likely to improve than those reporting variable stressors (p = 0.018). Thus, insight generation may be more important for achievement of improvement in children whose headaches are associated with fixed stressors.

Relazione tra stressori associati al mal di testa e i risultati nella terapia ipnotica nei bambini: una rivisitazione retrospettiva

Questo studio ha esaminato i potenziali stressori psicosociali di 30 bambini con mal di testa (età media 15 anni), e il ruolo della creazione dell'insight stimolato durante la terapia ipnotica. La durata media del sorgere del mal di testa era tre anni. Per migliorare i sintomi a tutti i pazienti è stato insegnato come usare il rilassamento indotto dall'ipnosi e l'immaginazione legata al mal di testa. Trenta sette per cento ha riportato che il loro mal di testa era associato a stressori stabiliti, causati da eventi sui quali i pazienti non avevano controllo, mentre il 63% ha riportato stressori variabili, modificabili dalle azioni dei pazienti. Durante il follow up 4 pazienti si sono persi. Complessivamente, il 96% (25/26) ha riportato una diminuzione della frequenza e/o della intensità del mal di testa dopo l'ipnosi. Tuttavia, prima dell'insight i pazienti che riportavano stressori fissi erano significativamente meno in grado di migliorare rispetto a quelli con stressori variabili. *(p =0.018).

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