Hypnosis in Internal Medecine

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Description of the short and long-term impact of hypnosis sessions for patient having benefited from at least one hypnosis session in internal medicine at the french hospital Groupe Hospitalier Mutualiste de Grenoble, with the help of a qualitative survey made by phone.

Detailed Description
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The practice of hypnosis has experienced a recent boom in medicine, with a multiplication of its fields of action. Regarding internal medicine, the influence of the psyche on the immune system makes the use of hypnosis particularly relevant for autoimmune diseases. Medically unexplained symptoms (another important field of internal medicine) are also strongly psychosomatic and thus susceptible to hypnosis. The hypothesis is thus made that hypnosis can bring multiple benefits to internal medicine patients. The main objective of this study is to describe the short and long-term impact of hypnosis sessions for patient having benefited from at least one hypnosis session in internal medicine at the french hospital Groupe Hospitalier Mutualiste de Grenoble, with the help of a qualitative survey made by phone. Moreover retrospective medical data concerning these patients will be collected to determine their medical history, their main symptoms et reasons to use hypnosis.

Official Title
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Hypnose en médecine Interne

Conditions
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Hypnosis, Autoimmune Diseases, Medically Unexplained Symptoms

Intervention / Treatment
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* Procedure: Hypnosis session


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: All consecutive patients who had at least one hypnosis session in internal medicine at the hospital Groupe Hospitalier Mutualiste de Grenoble between 08/28/2015 (date of the very first hypnosis consultation in internal medicine) and 03/17/2020 (date of confinement due to Covid19 in France) Exclusion Criteria: Patient who had a hypnosis session, but who is not followed for a pathology in internal medicine or in internal medicine with a pneumological orientation

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
| --- |
|Procedure: Hypnosis session|At least one session of hypnosis in the internal medicine unit at the hospital Groupe Hospitalier Mutualiste de Grenoble|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Description of the short and long-term impact of hypnosis sessions thanks to a qualitative phone survey | Improvement in symptoms and quality of life, assessed thanks to a qualitative phone survey by 5-levels Likert scales | Assessed only once. Phone call will be performed between march 2021 and June 2021 | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Assessment of the reasons for patient satisfaction / dissatisfaction | Qualitative description by an open question in the phone survey | Assessed only once. Phone call will be performed between march 2021 and June 2021 | 
| Description of the characteristics of these patients and of the hypnosis sessions | Patients'characteristics described in medical records | At inclusion | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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internal medicine, survey, qualitative, impact of hypnosis