The Relationship between Individual Characteristics and Mental Health with the amount of Hypnotic Susceptibility in Women with Multiple

Hypnosis is one of the psychological approaches that used in multiple
sclerosis patients. The effect of hypnosis depends on individual hypnotic susceptibility.
Hypnotic susceptibility is degree of response to the hypnotic suggestions and is a stable
personal characteristic.The aim of present study was to determine correlation between
personal characteristic and mental health with the degree of hypnotic susceptibility.
Methods: This correlation study was carried out on 60 women with multiple sclerosis
referring to the MS Society of Urmia. The data collection tools that used here include
demographic questionnaire, General health questionnaire (GHQ) and Stanford hypnotic
susceptibility scale (SHSS).
Results: In the investigation of the correlation between the variables and the hypnotic
susceptibility of the samples, the Pearson correlation test result showed a statistical
correlation between age and the degree of hypnotic susceptibility(r=-0.29,p value=0.023).
In investigation of the correlation between the level of education and hypnotic susceptibility,
the independent t-test results showed no statistically signifcant correlation between the two
variables (p value>0.05). The results of ANOVA test also showed that there is no signifcant
correlation between employment status of the samples and their hypnotic susceptibility (p
value = 0.420). In analysis of relation between mental health and the degree of hypnotic
susceptibility, Pearson correlation test results showed weak correlation between two variables
(r=0.089, p value=0.499).
Conclusion: In general it can be concluded that among the personal characteristics, the
only signifcant correlation is between age and degree of hypnotic susceptibility of samples
and hypnotic susceptibility is not influenced by other personal characteristics. It can also be
concluded that hypnotherapy is a effective and safe treatment which could well be used in
MS patients.