effect of hypnotherapy on procedural pain and state anxiety related to physiotherapy in women hospitalized in a burn unit, The

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis,  Jul 2004  by Hammond, D Corydon

• E-mail
• Print
• Link

Harandi, A. A., Esfandani, A., & Shakibaei, F. (2004). The effect of hypnotherapy on procedural pain and state anxiety related to physiotherapy in women hospitalized in a burn unit. Contemporary Hypnosis, 27(1), 28-34. In a randomized clinical trial in Iran, the authors evaluated the efficacy of hypnosis for pain and anxiety reduction in burn patients.

Forty-four patients were selected from women in a burn unit, and randomly assigned to a hypnosis or control group. The treatment group received 4 hypnosis sessions, using a modified version of Joseph Barber's Rapid Induction Analgesia procedure, which included direct suggestions for analgesia and detection of amnesia. Trance depth was determined using the Davis-Husband scale. Procedural pain and anxiety related to physical therapy were evaluated using a visual analogue scale in both groups. The hypnosis group experienced significantly (P

Copyright American Society of Clinical Hypnosis Jul 2004
Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights Reserved