Efficacy of hypnosis in adults undergoing surgery or medical procedures: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 623-636

  Tefikow, S ^a   Barth, J ^b   Maichrowitz, S ^c   Beelmann, A ^c   Strauss, B ^a   Rosendahl, J ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypnosis; Meta analysis; Methodological quality; Randomized controlled trials; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

AMPUTATION; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST REDUCTION; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONVALESCENCE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DENTAL SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; GASTROSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; KERATOTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; META ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SKIN GRAFT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84877077041     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2013.03.005     Document Type: Review

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