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Table 2 Response to hypnotherapy and mood color choice in 'HAD normal', 'HAD anxious' and 'HAD depressed' patients (pre-HT)

From: Mood color choice helps to predict response to hypnotherapy in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

 

Positive

No. (%)

Neutral

No. (%)

Negative

No. (%)

None

No. (%)

'HAD normal' (n = 52)

Responders (n = 26)

6 (23.1%)

6 (23.1%)

4 (15.4%)

10 (38.5%)

Non-responders

& non-finishers (n = 26)

0 (0%)

6 (23.1%)

4 (15.4%)

16 (61.5%)

'HAD anxious' (n = 67)

Responders (n = 52)

6 (11.5%)

14 (26.9%)

10 (19.2%)

22 (42.3%)

Non-responders

& non-finishers

(n = 15)

0 (0%)

1 (6.7%)

3 (20.0%)

11 (73.3%)

'HAD depressed' (n = 35)

Responders (n = 17)

0 (0%)

3 (17.6%)

6 (35.3%)

8 (47.1%)

Non-responders

& non-finishers

(n = 18)

1 (5.6%)

1 (5.6%)

11 (61.1%)

5 (27.8%)

  1. Fisher's Exact Test: Positive versus neutral, negative and none combined
  2. 'HAD normal' p = 0.023; 'HAD anxious' p = 0.33; 'HAD depressed' p = 1.0