Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients
From: Hypnosis can reduce pain in hospitalized older patients: a randomized controlled study
Hypnosis | Massage | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n:26 | n:27 | n:53 | ||
Age (mean ± SD) | 81.4 ± 1.5 | 79.9 ± 8.5 | 80.6 ± 8.2 | |
Gender M/F | 5/21 | 9/18 | 14/39 | |
Education n (%) | ||||
Compulsory school | 8 (31) | 5 (19) | 13 (25) | |
Diploma | 10 (38) | 17 (62) | 27 (50) | |
University | 8 (31) | 5 (19) | 13 (25) | |
Marital status n (%) | ||||
alone | 2 (12) | 5 (19) | 8 (15) | |
married | 9 (35) | 11 (41) | 20 (38) | |
widowed | 9 (35) | 9 (33) | 18 (34) | |
divorced | 5 (18) | 2(7) | 7 (13) | |
Admission reason n (%) | ||||
Pain condition* | 20 (73) | 14 (52) | 34 (64) | |
cardiac | 1 (4) | 1 (4) | 2 (4) | |
infection | 2 (8) | 1 (4) | 3 (6) | |
fall | 2 (8) | 5 (18) | 7 (13) | |
fracture | 0 | 2 (8) | 2 (4) | |
other | 1 (4) | 4 (14) | 5 (9) | |
MMSE (mean ± SD) | 26.7 ± 2.0 | 27.1 ± 1.9 | 26.9 ± 2.1 | |
CIRS (mean ± SD) | 13.8 ± 4.8 | 14.7 ± 4.2 | 13.9 ± 4.5 | |
HADS anxiety (n) | score | |||
0-7 | 17 | 19 | 36 | |
8-11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
>11 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
HADS depression (n) | 0-7 | 22 | 23 | 55 |
8-11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |