Objective. To examine the effects of clinical hypnosis versus NLP intervention on the success rate of ECV procedures in comparison\r\nto a control group. Methods. A prospective off-centre randomised trial of a clinical hypnosis intervention against NLP of women\r\nwith a singleton breech fetus at or after 370/7 (259 days) weeks of gestation and normal amniotic fluid index. All 80 participants\r\nheard a 20-minute recorded intervention via head phones. Main outcome assessed was success rate of ECV. The intervention\r\ngroups were compared with a control group with standard medical care alone (n = 122). Results. A total of 42 women, who\r\nreceived a hypnosis intervention prior to ECV, had a 40.5% (n = 17), successful ECV, whereas 38 women, who received NLP, had\r\na 44.7% (n = 17) successful ECV (P > 0.05). The control group had similar patient characteristics compared to the intervention\r\ngroups (P > 0.05). In the control group (n = 122) 27.3% (n = 33) had a statistically significant lower successful ECV procedure\r\nthan NLP (P = 0.05) and hypnosis and NLP (P = 0.03). Conclusions. These findings suggest that prior clinical hypnosis and NLP\r\nhave similar success rates of ECV procedures and are both superior to standard medical care alone.
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