BEnefit of HYpnosis on Pain During Stitches in Emergency Room

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Conditions studied: Wound of Skin

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06497712

Run by

University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand

People needed

180

Starts

2025-05-15

Expected to finish

2028-05-15

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age > 18 years old
• Admitted in the emergency department of Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital
• Stitchable wound
• Patient's agreement

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnancy
• Breast feeding
• Refusal to participate
• Patient not able to participate
• Patients under guardianship, curatorship, deprived of liberty or safeguard of justice.
• History of cardiac rhythm disorders (atrial fibrillation, pacemaker)
• Psychotic disorder
• Age < 18 years old
• Surgery needed
• Patients who don't speak French
• Wound of the eyelids, nose, ears or mouth
• Deaf patients
• Patients without a social security coverage
• Nitrous oxyde use
• Substance abuse
• Head trauma with GSC ≤ 14
• Patient with endocrine diseases on the cortisol axis

Where it is running

• CHU de Clermont-Ferrand — Clermont-Ferrand, France (enrolling)

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