77
Participants
Start Date
May 11, 2017
Primary Completion Date
November 6, 2020
Study Completion Date
October 29, 2021
Hypnosis
A number of steps are taken to make the treatment arms identical in all other respects. The participants are unaware that there are two treatment arms to homogenize expectations. Each session is a manualized hypnosis script which is dictated by the hypnotist, including the hypnosis test. The only degrees of freedom for the hypnotist is in intonation and speed. Identical induction and termination is used in both arms and the scripts are of comparable durations.
Mindfulness-based stress reduction
A number of steps are taken to make the treatment arms identical in all other respects. The participants are unaware that there are two treatment arms to homogenize expectations. Each session is a manualized hypnosis script which is dictated by the hypnotist, including the hypnosis test. The only degrees of freedom for the hypnotist is in intonation and speed. Identical induction and termination is used in both arms and the scripts are of comparable durations.
Aalborg University, Aalborg
Defactum, Central Denmark Region
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Aalborg University
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