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Long-Term Efficacy of a Home-Care Hypnosis Program in Elderly Persons Suffering From Chronic Pain: A 12-Month Follow-Up

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Dumain, Marion, Jaglin, Pauline, Wood, Chantal, Rainville, Pierre, Pageaux, Benjamin, Perrochon, Anaick, Lavallière, Martin, Vendeuvre, Tanguy +6 more·2022·Pain Management Nursing
DOI 10.1016/j.pmn.2021.06.005
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BACKGROUND: Pain is a major public health concern in the aging population. However, medication brings about negative effects that compel healthcare professionals to seek alternative management techniques to alleviate pain. Hypnosis has been recognized as an effective technique to manage pain, but its long-term efficacy has yet to be examined in older adults. AIMS: The aim was to assess the effectiveness, over a 12-month period, of home-care hypnosis in elderly participants suffering from chronic pain. DESIGN: Real-life retrospective one-arm study with a 12-month follow-up. SETTINGS: Elderly Persons Suffering From Chronic Pain enrolled in a clinical health care program that offered home medical follow-up. PARTICIPANTS/SUBJECTS: Fourteen elderly women (mean age 81 years) with chronic pain participated in the home-care hypnosis program. All participants presented chronic pain (≥6 months) with average pain score >4/10. METHODS: Participants took part in seven 15-minute hypnosis sessions within 12 months. The Brief Pain Inventory questionnaire was used to evaluate pain perception and pain interference at baseline and at 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-up period. RESULTS: Hypnosis home-care program significantly decreased pain perception and pain interference compared to baseline after 3 months (-29% and -40%, p < .001), and remained lower at 6 (-31% and -54%, p < .001) and 12 (-31% and -47%, p < .001) months. CONCLUSIONS: Seven sessions of 15 minutes allocated throughout a 12-month period produced clinically significant decreases in pain perception and pain interference. Hypnosis could be considered as an optimal additional way for health practitioners to manage chronic pain in an elderly population with long-term efficacy. This study offers a new long-term option to improve chronic pain management at home in elderly populations through a low-cost nonpharmacological intervention.

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  • Dumain et al. (2021) reported that 4 hypnosis sessions spread out over 9 months at home in elderly women presenting with chronic pain were not able to improve the pain relief achieved after 3 sessions in 3 months.

    “On this subject, Dumain et al. (2021) reported that 4 hypnosis sessions spread out over 9 months at home in elderly women presenting with chronic pain were not able to improve the pain relief achieved after 3 sessions in 3 months (Billot et al., 2020b).”

    From Hypnosis to manage musculoskeletal and neuropathic chronic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022) · cites this paper as Dumain et al. (2021)

  • Dumain et al. (2021) reported that in a home-based hypnosis treatment in elderly women suffering from chronic pain, a continuum of hypnosis exposure through booster sessions in addition to self-hypnosis could be effective to maintain pain relief for at least 12 months.

    “In a home-based hypnosis treatment in elderly women suffering from chronic pain, Dumain et al. (2021) reported that a continuum of hypnosis exposure through booster sessions in addition to self-hypnosis could be effective to maintain pain relief for at least 12 months.”

    From Hypnosis to manage musculoskeletal and neuropathic chronic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022) · cites this paper as Dumain et al. (2021)

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Dumain, M., Jaglin, P., Wood, C., Rainville, P., Pageaux, B., Perrochon, A., Lavallière, M., Vendeuvre, T., David, R., Langlois, P., Cardinaud, N., Tchalla, A., Rigoard, P., & Billot, M.
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  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers (FR)
  • Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal (CA)
  • Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (CA)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • Université de Poitiers (FR)
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Limoges (FR)
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Billot, Maxime
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2022-06
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10.1016/j.pmn.2021.06.005
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  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Opioid Use
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
Keywords
hypnosis, chronic pain, older adults, home care, non-pharmacological pain management, pain perception, pain interference, long-term efficacy, older women
MeSH terms
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Hypnosis, Pain Measurement, Retrospective Studies, Chronic Pain

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