Table 3.
Baseline characteristics (values are means ± standard deviations (SD))
| N | Hypnosis N = 47 |
Control N = 48 |
All participants N = 95 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | ||
| VAS stress level [mm]a | 95 | 73.8 ± 10.1 | 69.0 ± 11.3 | 71.4 ± 10.9 |
| Perceived stress (CPSS score)a | 95 | 22.5 ± 5.1 | 22.5 ± 5.9 | 22.5 ± 5.5 |
| Depression (ADS-K score)a | 95 | 26.9 ± 7.3 | 27.9 ± 6.9 | 27.4 ± 7.1 |
| Self-Efficacy (SWE score)b | 95 | 26.3 ± 5.3 | 25.2 ± 4.9 | 25.7 ± 5.1 |
| SF-36b | ||||
| Physical Component Summaryb | 95 | 52.4 ± 10.0 | 50.7 ± 8.8 | 51.6 ± 9.4 |
| Mental Component Summary b | 95 | 38.0 ± 9.7 | 38.4 ± 10.5 | 38.2 ± 10.1 |
| SF-36b Subscores | ||||
| Physical functioning | 95 | 90.7 ± 14.7 | 91.3 ± 10.6 | 91.0 ± 12.7 |
| Role limitations due to physical health | 95 | 72.3 ± 31.8 | 71.4 ± 36.8 | 71.8 ± 34.3 |
| Role limitations due to emotional problems | 95 | 56.0 ± 36.2 | 61.8 ± 37.7 | 59.0 ± 36.9 |
| Vitality | 95 | 43.0 ± 17.0 | 43.1 ± 19.5 | 43.0 ± 18.2 |
| Emotional well-being | 95 | 56.9 ± 14.8 | 57.5 ± 15.1 | 57.2 ± 14.9 |
| Social functioning | 95 | 70.7 ± 23.9 | 63.0 ± 20.9 | 66.8 ± 22.7 |
| Pain | 95 | 76.3 ± 28.1 | 67.9 ± 27.1 | 72.1 ± 27.8 |
| General health | 95 | 61.2 ± 23.9 | 59.3 ± 20.6 | 60.2 ± 22.2 |
VAS visual analog scale, CPSS Cohen’s Perceived Stress Scale, ADS-K Allgemeine Depressions-Skala Kurzform (depression), SWE Selbstwirksamkeitserwartung (self-efficacy), SF-36 Short-Form-Survey (quality of life)
a lower values indicate better status, b higher values indicate better status