Non-pharmacological Treatments for Non-malignant and Malignant Pain

Brief summary (from the registry)

Chronic pain concerns one in four adults in Belgium. Because of the psychological and social repercussions, a biopsychosocial approach is necessary in order to improve the quality of life of people suffering from chronic pain. Non-pharmacological techniques such as hypnosis, self-care learning and music-therapy are gaining more and more interest in the scientific field. Indeed, several studies have shown a reduction in psychological distress and an improvement in global quality of life after having learned self-hypnosis/self-care. Furthermore, other studies focusing on music as a treatment for chronic pain highlight an analgesic effect of music over pain and a reduction of common comorbidities. Nevertheless, only few studies aim at comparing these techniques to each other. The aim of our study would be to compare a 7 months learning program of self-hypnosis/self-care, music-therapy/self-care, motivation to learn self-hypnosis/self-care in order to highlight the most efficient treatment for chronic pain. Furthermore, we will include another type of chronic pain i.e. cancer pain to understand if self-hypnosis/self-care's impact is different in the other type of chronic pain.

Study details

Official title

Non-pharmacological Treatments (Self-hypnosis/Self-care and Music-therapy) for Non-malignant and Malignant Pain : a Randomized Study

Conditions

• Comparison of Treatment for Chronic Non-malignant and Malignant Pain

Interventions

• Behavioral: Self-hypnosis/self-care
• Behavioral: Music/self-care
• Behavioral: Self-hypnosis/self-care motivation
• Behavioral: Self-hypnosis/self-care malignant pain

Sponsor

University of Liege

Start date

2018-05-08

Primary completion

2019-09-10

Sex

All

Age range

from 18 Years

Results posted

No results posted in this snapshot

Countries

Belgium

Total sites listed

1

Eligibility criteria