COping With PAin Through Hypnosis, Mindfulness and Spirituality

Launched by ISPA - INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO DE CIENCIAS PSICOLOGICAS, SOCIAIS E DA VIDA · Jul 27, 2020

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ClinConnect Summary

The primary aim of this study (Aim 1) is to compare the immediate effects of self-hypnosis (SH), mindfulness meditation (MM), and Christian meditation (CM), relative to a control group (CN), for increasing pain tolerance and reducing pain intensity and pain-related stress, in response to experimental painful stimulation in a sample of healthy volunteers.

An exploratory aim of this study (Aim 2) is to identify possible shared and unique predictors of response to the three treatment conditions. The possible predictors we plan to test include sex, age, religious affiliation, hypnotic suggesti...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 18 years old or older;
• • able to read, speak and understand Portuguese;
• • willing to be randomly assigned to all four conditions (regardless of participant's own religious affiliation)
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • reporting history of musculoskeletal problems, cancer, heart disease, stroke, epilepsy, diabetes, or Raynaud syndrome;
• • having an open wound, cut, or fracture in any of the upper limbs;
• • self-reported alcohol or substance dependence;
• • cognitive or physical impairment, or severe psychopathology that could prevent participation.