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Akhavein Mohammadi H, Baradaran M. The Effect of Hypnotherapy in Promotion Subjective Well-Being and Sleep Quality in People with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. J Arak Uni Med Sci 2023; 26 (2) :11-17
URL: http://jams.arakmu.ac.ir/article-1-7515-en.html

Introduction: Generalized anxiety disorder can be described as a debilitating disorder characterized by negative evaluation by others, internal shame, negative self-concept, as well as high levels of anxiety and avoidance in specific social and functional situations. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effective of hypnotherapy in promotion subjective well-being and sleep quality in people with generalized anxiety disorder.
Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest and a control group design and conducted on 40 persons who had generalized anxiety disorder in Rasht, Iran in 2023 and were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups (20 persons in each group). The hypnotherapy was conducted during 6 sessions in the experimental group, while the control group did not receive any treatment. The data were collected through the subjective well-being and sleep quality Inventory. Multivariate analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data. This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Payame Noor University (Code: IR.PNU.REC.1402.070).
Results: The results indicated that hypnotherapy was effective on subjective well-being (F= 33.38, P=0.001) and sleep quality (F= 5.10, P=0.03) in people with generalized anxiety disorder; this method also increased their subjective well-being and sleep quality.
Conclusions: The based on the results of the present study, hypnotherapy is effective in promotion subjective well-being and sleep quality in people with generalized anxiety disorder. It suggests that these method are used along with other psychological and pharmaceutical therapies for people with generalized anxiety disorder as a clinical intervention.