Ericksonian self-hypnosis in sports injury care on stress, anxiety, depression and pain factors

Abstract

The objective of the present study was to determine the effect achieved by the application of the Ericksonian self-hypnosis (AE) technique on the psychological variables (VP) of stress, anxiety, depression and pain variable during the sports injury treatment process (LD). The intervention was applied with pre-recorded audios based on the Ericksonian hypnosis technique (self-hypnosis) during physical therapy, in a group of six alternate sessions at 3-day intervals for a total of 18 days. The study design is quantitative, non-probabilistic, descriptive and longitudinal. An informed consent letter, general data recording instruments and LD were applied: "Specific questionnaire on sports and injury aspects"; and a Psychometric: "DASS-21 Questionnaire"(Depression Anxiety Stress Scales). 16 athletes participated, of which 5 are female and 11 are male, with a 24.5 years average, who presented various sports injuries, where the frequency for depression was 50%, anxiety 50%, and stress 75%; at the beginning, all presented pain with an average of 7.3, a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 10 on the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). At the end of the intervention sessions, values were found for depression, anxiety and stress with 18.7%, pain on the VAS with an average of 0.87, a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 6. It is concluded that the AE technique applied to the LD treatment, positively decreased the values of the measured factors.