[Ericksonian hypnosis in women with fibromyalgia syndrome].
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.
Alvarez-Nemegyei
José
J
Unidad de Investigació Médica, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Ignacioi García Téllez, Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico. nemegyei@yahoo.com.mx
Negreros-Castillo
Alejandra
A
Nuño-Gutiérrez
Bertha Lidia
BL
Alvarez-Berzunza
Jorge
J
Alcocer-Martínez
Luis M
LM
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged