title: [Ericksonian hypnosis in women with fibromyalgia syndrome].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Fibromyalgia syndrome (FS) is a chronic, painful, generalized musculoskeletal disorder in which some efficacy for the conventional hypnosis modality has been claimed.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  to assess the efficacy of the Ericksonian modality hypnosis in FS management.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-three FS female patients (44 +/- 4.7 years old) were included. They were randomized to receive for six months: Ericksonian hypnosis (EH; 20 subjects) or a sham-hypnosis (SH; 23 subjects). Every month, patient and physician global disease assessment, tender point count and the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) were measured.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During the follow-up, we did not find inter-group differences for the rate of change related to the baseline values for the patient and physician global disease assessment and the FIQ scores. At the third month (4.0 +/- 4.6 vs. 0.6 +/- 3.1; p = 0.02), and at the fourth month (5.0 +/- 4.6 vs. 0.8 +/- 4.0; p = 0.03) of follow-up, the participants who received EH had a significant reduction of the tender point count after adjustment for patient's age.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite no effect was noted on the functional status and the patient and physician global assessment, EH produced a reduction in the number of tender points in FS. Thus, HE may be an adjuvant treatment for the management of FS patients.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Investigació Médica, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Ignacioi García Téllez, Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico. nemegyei@yahoo.com.mx
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alvarez-Nemegyei
authors.forename: Alejandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Negreros-Castillo
authors.forename: Bertha Lidia
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Nuño-Gutiérrez
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alvarez-Berzunza
authors.forename: Luis M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Alcocer-Martínez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged