Table 1.
Measurements used in the study.
| Screening | T0 | Between T0 and T1 (during the group intervention) | T1 | T2 | T3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical data: diagnosis, time since the end of treatments, psychiatric and neurologic history | X | |||||
| VAS: fatigue, distress, pain, sleep difficulties (/10) | X | |||||
| No practice of hypnosis, meditation or SICT | X | |||||
| Sociodemographic data: age, gender, religious beliefs, professional status, BFI-10 | X | |||||
| Medical data: time since diagnosis, cancer stage, treatment received | X | |||||
| Weekly subjective evaluations (VAS fatigue, emotional distress, sleep difficulties, pain) | X | |||||
| Diary of practice (frequency, details about some intense episodes, feelings, impressions, etc.) | X | |||||
|
Hypnosis/meditation/SICT and imaginary experience: •VAS (/10): expectations, motivation to experience hypnosis/meditation/SICT* •Personal definition and a priori according to the chosen intervention (free text)* •CEQ |
X | |||||
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Quality of life-related variables: •Fatigue and sleep: MFI20 and ISI •Emotional distress: HADS •Pain: VAS (/10) •Self-reported cognitive functioning: FACT-Cog v3 •Other psychological variables: MAC, CERQ, MPFI-24, Empowerment [7 VAS (/10)], major life events |
X | X | X | X | ||
|
Neurophysiological and biological variables: •EEG resting state |
X | X | X | |||
| •EEG during hypnosis, meditation or SICT state* | X | X | ||||
| •ECG, EMG, and respiration (effort and pressure) | X | X | X | |||
| •Core body temperature | X | X | X | |||
| •Tumor marker rates | X | X | X | |||
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Questionnaires about the intervention: •Free recall of a hypnosis/meditation/SICT/intense autobiographical episode (written, according to the intervention) •MCQ •MEQ30 •Presence questionnaire •VAS (/10): Quality of the relationship with the therapist* |
X | X | X |
BFI, Big Five Inventory; CEQ, Creative Experiences Questionnaire; CERQ, Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire; FACT-Cog, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Cognitive Function; HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; ISI, Insomnia Severity Index; MAC, Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale; MCQ-30, Memory Characteristics Questionnaire; MEQ30, Revised Mystical Experience Questionnaire; MFI-20, Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory; MPFI-24, Multidimensional Psychological Flexibility Index; ECG, electrocardiogram; EEG, electroencephalogram; EMG, electromyogram; VAS, Visual Analogue Scale.
*
Only for the participants in one of the 3 intervention groups.