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A Group Intervention Combining Self-Hypnosis and Self-Care in Oncology: Implementation in Daily Life and Perceived Usefulness

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Pages 313-337 | Received 06 Dec 2022, Accepted 06 Jun 2023, Published online: 08 Sep 2023
 

ABSTRACT

Multicomponent mind-body interventions are increasingly studied in oncology to improve patients’ quality of life (QOL). However, the respective usefulness of each of their components or their long-term use by the participants are rarely assessed. In this study, 95 women with different cancer diagnoses participated in a self-hypnosis and self-care group. Different questionnaires were administrated before (T1), right after (T2), 3 to 4 months after (T3), and 1 year after (T4) the intervention. After the intervention, 97.5% of the participants regularly practiced any kind of relaxation (vs. 50% at baseline), especially hypnosis. The different components of the intervention (i.e., being in a group, hypnosis exercises during the sessions and at home, self-care tasks, and discussions during the group sessions) were all considered to be very useful (M = 6.91–7.75/10). One year after the intervention, the 10 most used techniques were mainly concrete activities to take care of oneself. This intervention seems very relevant for women who had cancer. Our results allow a first reflection about the mechanisms of action of our intervention.

Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03144154). Registered on the 1st of May 2017.

Acknowledgments

We are grateful to all the patients who participated in the study. We also thank our collaborators from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Darius Razavi, Isabelle Merckaert, France Delevallez, Pauline Waroquier, and Oriane Verkaeren, and all the health professionals working in the CHU of Liège who helped us to recruit the participants needed for our study.

Disclosure Statement

Dr. Jerusalem reports grants, personal fees and non-financial support from Novartis; grants, personal fees and non-financial support from Roche; grants, personal fees and non-financial support from Pfizer; personal fees and non-financial support from Lilly; personal fees and non-financial support from Amgen; personal fees and non-financial support from BMS; personal fees and non-financial support from Astra-Zeneca; personal fees from Daiichi Sankyo; personal fees from AbbVie; non-financial support from Medimmune; and non-financial support from MerckKGaA outside the submitted work. All other authors declare no conflict of interest.

Ethics Approval and Consent to Participate

All procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was approved by the Ethic Committee of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Liege (N°B707201630321), with each participant providing written consent.

Data Availability Statement

The full protocol and dataset of this study are available upon request. Please contact the corresponding author ([email protected]).

Supplementary Material

Supplemental data for this article can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2023.2249044

Eine Gruppenintervention, in der Selbsthypnose und Selbstfürsorge in der Onkologie kombiniert werden: Umsetzung im täglichen Leben und festgestellter Nutzen

Charlotte Grégoire, Marie-Elisabeth Faymonville, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Guy Jerusalem, Justine Monseur, und Isabelle Bragard

Zusammenfassung: Multikomponente Geist-Körper Interventionen werden in der Onkologie vermehrt studiert, um die Lebensqualität (QOL) der Patienten zu verbessern. Allerdings ist der jeweilige Nutzen der einzelnen Komponenten oder der langfristige Wert für die Teilnehmer selten erforscht. An dieser Studie nahmen 95 Frauen mit unterschiedlicher Krebsdiagnose an einer Gruppe für Selbsthypnose und Selbstfürsorge teil. Es wurden verschiedene Fragebogen bearbeitet: Vor (T1), unmittelbar danach (T2), 3 bi 4 Monate danach (T3), sowie 1 Jahr (T4) nach der Intervention. Nach der Intervention übten 97,5% der Teilnehmer irgendeine Art Entspannung (vs. 50% zu Beginn), insbesondere Hypnose. Die verschiedenen Anteile der Intervention (z.B. zu einer Gruppe zu gehören, Hypnoseübungen während der Sitzungen und zuhause, Selbstfürsorge-Übungen und Gespräche in den Gruppensitzungen) wurden insgesamt als nützlich empfunden (M = 6.91 – 7.75/10). Ein Jahr nach den Sitzungen bestanden die 10 meist verwendeten Techniken hauptsächlich in konkreten Aktivitäten der Selbstfürsorge. Diese Intervention scheint von erheblicher Bedeutung für die Frauen zu sein, die Krebs hatten. Die Ergebnisse gestatten erste Überlegungen zu den Wirkmechanismen unserer Intervention.

Alida Iost-Peter

Dipl.-Psych.

Une intervention de groupe associant l’autohypnose et des soins auto-administrés en oncologie: mise en œuvre dans la vie quotidienne et utilité perçue

Charlotte Grégoire, Marie-Elisabeth Faymonville, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Guy Jerusalem, Justine Monseur et Isabelle Bragard

Résumé: Les interventions corps-esprit à composantes multiples sont de plus en plus étudiées en oncologie pour améliorer la qualité de vie (QOL) des patients. Cependant, l’utilité respective de chacune de leurs composantes ou leur utilisation à long terme par les participants sont rarement évaluées. Dans cette étude, 95 femmes atteintes de différents types de cancer ont participé à un groupe d’auto-hypnose et d’auto-bienveillance. Différents questionnaires ont été administrés avant (T1), juste après (T2), 3 à 4 mois après (T3) et 1 an après (T4) l’intervention. Après l’intervention, 97,5% des participants pratiquaient régulièrement une forme de relaxation (vs 50% au départ), en particulier l’hypnose.

Les différentes composantes de l’intervention (c’est-à-dire la participation à un groupe, des exercices d’hypnose pendant les séances et à domicile, les tâches d’auto-soins et les discussions pendant les séances de groupe) ont toutes été considérées comme très utiles (M = 6,91-7,75/10). Un an après l’intervention, les 10 techniques les plus utilisées étaient principalement des activités concrètes pour prendre soin de soi. Cette intervention semble très pertinente pour les femmes ayant eu un cancer. Nos résultats permettent une première réflexion sur les mécanismes d’action de notre intervention.

Gérard Fitoussi, M.D.

President of the European Society of Hypnosis

Una intervención grupal combinando la autohipnosis y el autocuidado en oncología: Implementación en la vida diaria y su utilidad percibida

Charlotte Grégoire, Marie-Elisabeth Faymonville, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Guy Jerusalem, Justine Monseur, y Isabelle Bragard

Resumen: Las intervenciones multicomponente de mente y cuerpo se estudian cada vez más en oncología para mejorar la calidad de vida (QOL) de los pacientes. Sin embargo, rara vez se evalúa la utilidad respectiva de cada uno de sus componentes o su uso a largo plazo por parte de los participantes. En este estudio, 95 mujeres con diferentes diagnósticos de cáncer participaron en un grupo de autohipnosis y autocuidado. Se administraron diferentes cuestionarios antes (T1), justo después (T2), 3 a 4 meses después (T3) y 1 año después (T4) de la intervención. Después de la intervención, el 97.5% de los participantes practicaba regularmente algún tipo de relajación (vs. 50% al inicio del estudio), especialmente hipnosis. Los diferentes componentes de la intervención (es decir, estar en grupo, ejercicios de hipnosis durante las sesiones y en casa, tareas de autocuidado y discusiones durante las sesiones grupales) se consideraron muy útiles (M = 6.91-7.75/ 10). Un año después de la intervención, las 10 técnicas más utilizadas fueron principalmente actividades concretas para cuidarse. Esta intervención parece muy relevante para las mujeres que han tenido cáncer. Nuestros resultados permiten una primera reflexión sobre los mecanismos de acción de nuestra intervención.

Vanessa Muñiz

Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA

Additional information

Funding

This study was funded by the King Baudouin Foundation [grant 2016-J5120580-205427], the Plan National Cancer of Belgium [grants 138 and 139], the Benoit Foundation (Belgium), the Belgian Foundation Against Cancer [Grants Number: 2017/064 and C/2020/1357], Wallonia as part of a program of the BioWin Health Cluster and the Belgian National Funds for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS Télévie). These funds financed the different researchers involved in this study. The funding body had no role in the design of the study and collection, analysis, and interpretation of data and in writing the manuscript. CG is a postdoctoral researcher at FRS-FNRS (Télévie).

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