Hypnosis for pain management during labour and childbirth

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Madden, Kelly ^a   Middleton, Philippa ^b,c   Cyna, Allan M ^b   Matthewson, Mandy ^d   Jones, Leanne ^e  

^a St Helen's Hospital   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STERILE WATER;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; AROMATHERAPY; CHILDBIRTH; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; HYPNOSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LABOR PAIN; MASSAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFLEXOLOGY; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; FEMALE; LABOR; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; LABOR PAIN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84969508589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009356.pub3     Document Type: Review

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