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Chronic Asthma and Improvement with Relaxation Induced by Hypnotherapy

Author(s) -

J B Morrison

Publication year - 1988

Publication title -

journal of the royal society of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1758-1095

pISSN - 0141-0768

DOI - 10.1177/014107688808101207

Subject(s) - prednisolone , asthma , medicine , visual analogue scale , relaxation (psychology) , anesthesia , relaxation therapy , physical therapy , pediatrics , surgery

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 Duration of stay was reduced for 13 patients by 249 days; prednisolone was withdrawn in 6, reduced in 8 and increased in none.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.

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