Chronic Asthma and Improvement with Relaxation Induced by Hypnotherapy
- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
- Vol. 81 (12) , 701-704
- https://doi.org/10.1177/014107688808101207
Abstract
Sixteen chronic asthmatic patients inadequately controlled by drugs had, after one year of hypnotherapy, a fall in admissions from 44 in the year before starting therapy to 13 in the year after. Duration of stay was reduced for 13 patients by 249 days; prednisolone was withdrawn in 6, reduced in 8 and increased in none. Side effects of drugs were reduced. Although 62% reported improvement on a visual analogue scale, observations of air flow gave variable results.Keywords
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