Latest documents http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/index/index/ Sat, 10 Nov 2012 16:56:54 +0200 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 16:56:54 +0200 http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/26768 Objective. To examine the effects of clinical hypnosis versus NLP intervention on the success rate of ECV procedures in comparison to a control group. Methods. A prospective off-centre randomised trial of a clinical hypnosis intervention against NLP of women with a singleton breech fetus at or after 370/7 (259 days) weeks of gestation and normal amniotic fluid index. All 80 participants heard a 20-minute recorded intervention via head phones. Main outcome assessed was success rate of ECV. The intervention groups were compared with a control group with standard medical care alone (n=122). Results. A total of 42 women, who received a hypnosis intervention prior to ECV, had a 40.5% (n=17), successful ECV, whereas 38 women, who received NLP, had a 44.7% (n=17) successful ECV (P > 0.05). The control group had similar patient characteristics compared to the intervention groups (P > 0.05). In the control group (n = 122) 27.3% (n = 33) had a statistically significant lower successful ECV procedure than NLP (P = 0.05) and hypnosis and NLP (P = 0.03). Conclusions. These findings suggest that prior clinical hypnosis and NLP have similar success rates of ECV procedures and are both superior to standard medical care alone. Joscha Reinhard; Swati Peiffer; Nicole Sänger; Eva Herrmann; Juping Yuan; Frank Louwen article http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/26768 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:56:54 +0200