Self-induced Cognitive Trance for Chronic Pain Management
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT06038370
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The need to find complementary approaches, based on a holistic perspective of the human being, takes on its full meaning in a political context that recommends efficient health programs. Self-induced cognitive trance is one of these complementary approaches, which induce a non-ordinary state of consciousness. The aim of this work is to evaluate whether learning self-induced cognitive trance can improve the quality of life of people with chronic pain. Participants will participate in two times two days workshop aiming at learning how to self-induce cognitive trance. Pain, Fatigue, anxiety, depression, attitudes towards pain, and quality of life will be assessed before and after each workshops. Two follow-ups at 6 and 12 months afer the last workshop will be caried out were outomes will be assessed. Furthmore, questionnaires related to the phenomenology of self-induced cognitive trance will be adeministrered. Investigators also proceeded to interveiwes after the second workshop to gather qualitative information.
Study details
- Official title
- Self-induced Cognitive Trance to Improve Quality of Life of Patients With Chronic
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Self-induced cognitive trance
- Sponsor
- University of Liege
- Start date
- 2023-01-15
- Primary completion
- 2024-02-10
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 70 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Belgium
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * French speacking * Chronic pain * On stable pharmacological treatment over the last four months Exclusion Criteria: * Psychiatric disorders, * drug addiction * alcoholism
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06038370