Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Hypnotherapy on Pain and in Patients with Premenstrual Disorder

Background and Objective: Due to the increasing prevalence of premenstrual disorder and the need to use the most effective treatment to improve the symptoms of this syndrome, this study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral hypnotherapy on pain in patients with premenstrual disorder. Materials and Methods: The research method was a semi-experimental type of pre-test-post-test and a control group. The statistical population of the research included all women aged 25 to 40 who visited a gynecologist at least 3 times in the past year due to menstrual pain and were referred to a counseling and psychological center with the diagnosis of premenstrual dysphoria. A group of 24 people were selected using available sampling method and were randomly divided into the experimental group (12 people) and the control group (12 people). The research tool included pain questionnaire. Cognitive behavioral hypnotherapy intervention was implemented in 8 sessions of 90 minutes for the experimental group, After entering the SPSS software version 25, the data were analyzed by multivariate covariance analysis. Results: The results of covariance showed that cognitive-behavioral hypnotherapy significantly improved pain intensity and physical-sensory, cognitive-evaluative subscales of women with premenstrual dysphoria (P <0.05). Conclusion: Cognitive-behavioral hypnotherapy improves physical-sensory, cognitive-evaluative, adaptive and uncompromising strategies, mental health, social relationships, environmental health and general health of women with premenstrual disorder and quality of life in this It raises the era.