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SELF-HYPNOSIS FOR DEPRESSION IN PRIMARY CARE
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antidepressants as prescribed by their GP; (c) to be randomized to
either treatment group. The self-hypnosis intervention was based on
Integrated Mental Training, an audio-based program developed in
Sweden in the 1970s for sport and peak performance by Lars Eric
Uneståhl (Dobbin, 2006), and the components of our 12-week inter-
vention are outlined in Figure 1.
Protocol.
Patients who agreed to have their details passed onto the
study team were referred by fax from their GP to the research nurse and
Figure 2.
The consort flowchart for preference patients.
Assessed
(
n
= 79)
Excluded (
n
= 21)
Not meeting inclusion
criteria(
n
= 11)
Subsequently declined to
participate (
n
= 7)
Other reasons (
n
= 3)
Analyzed (
n
= 41)
Not available for
analysis (
n
= 0)
Not available at follow-
up (
n
= 9)
Did not complete forms
(
n
= 7)
Discontinued
intervention & did not
complete forms (
n
= 2)
Self-hypnosis (
n
= 50)
Received allocated
intervention (
n
= 50)
Did not receive
allocated intervention(
n
= 0)
Not available atfollow -
up (
n
= 0)
Discontinued
intervention (
n
= 0
)
Antidepressants (
n
= 4
)
Received allocated
intervention(
n
= 4)
Did not receive
allocated intervention
(
n
= 0)
Analyzed (
n
= 4)
Excluded from analysis
(
n
= 0)
Allocation
Analysis
Follow-Up
Preference Arm
(
n
= 54)
Randomized Arm
(
n
= 4)
Referred by GP
(
N
= 85)
)
Excluded (
n
= 6)
DNA initial
assessments (
n
= 2)
Too late for entry (
n
= 3)
No contact (
n
= 1)
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