The Comparison of efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy and hypnotherapy on pain self-efficacy and pain severity in girls with primary dysmenorrhea

The aim of this research was studied effectiveness and comparing cognitive behavioral therapy and hypnotherapy on pain self-efficacy and pain severity in girls with primary dysmenorrhea.
The method of research is Quasi experimental and research design is pretest- posttest with control group. The study population included all second high school girls with primary dysmenorrhea in the year of 2015 in the city of Ardabil who among them the sample consisted of 54 students were selected and were assigned in 3 groups (2 experimental groups and 1 control group). self-efficacy questionnaire, visual analogue and scale Researcher- made questionnaire was used for collection data. For experimental groups, Pain control training based on cognitive-behavioral approach and self-hypnotism training was executed at 10 sessions in 45 minutes whereas control groups was in waiting list
The effectiveness of therapies on pain self-efficacy was 49 percent according to the chi Eta in one way covariance analysis. There was no significant Difference between cognitive behavioral group and hypnotherapy on pain self-efficacy justified mean with Bonferroni correction but there was significant Difference between cognitive behavioral group and control group and between hypnotherapy group and control group on pain self-efficacy justified mean. The results of Kruskal Wallis showed that there is significant Difference between 3 groups in pain severity. For the comparison of groups, U-Mann Whitney index showed that the pain severity was reduced significantly in cognitive behavioral and hypnotherapy group compared with control group and hypnotherapy is More effective than cognitive behavioral therapy.
Therefore, cognitive behavioral therapy and hypnotherapy are effective in increased pain self-efficacy and reduced pain severity in girls with primary dysmenorrhea