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BEnefit of HYpnosis on Pain During Stitches in Emergency Room

France180 participantsStarted 2025-05-15

Plain-language summary

Suturing is a daily practice in the emergency department, but it can be painful and stressful for patients. Hypnosis is increasingly used as a complement to the usual painkillers. The aim of our study was to investigate the impact of hypnosis on stitch placement in emergency department patients presenting with lacerations assessed by heart rate variability.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patient over 18 years, admitted in Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital Emergency Department * suturable wound * patient's consent obtained Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or breast-feeding women * Patient under guardianship, curators or safeguard of justice * Person unable to give consent * History of cardiac rhythm disorders (fibrillation, pacemaker) * Psychiatric pathology * Age \< 18 years * Surgical wound * Eyelid, nose, ear or mouth wounds * Patients who do not speak French * Hearing impairement * Patients with no social security coverage * Use of MEOPA * Intake of toxic substances * Head trauma with a Glasgow Score \< or = to 14 * Patient with endocrinal pathologies on cortisol axe * Refusal to take part in the study

What they're measuring

Impact of hypnosis during stitches among emergency department patients

Timeframe: Hour 0

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06497712

SponsorUniversity Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2028-05-15

Contact for this trial

LISE LACLAUTRE

+33473754963 promo_interne_drci@chu-clermontferrand.fr

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