Clinical Hypnosis in Medical Care: A Mixed-Method Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preoperative hypnosis has shown promising effects in controlling side effects from breast cancer surgery, but the feasibility and effects are largely unknown outside the US.

Methods

A mixed-methods approach was applied involving a large-scale population survey and a small-scale pilot study. The survey assessed attitudes toward hypnosis in a representative sample from the general population (n = 1049), while the pilot study involved interviews with 5 women who received hypnosis prior to mastectomy/lumpectomy.

Results

In the survey, 8% reported to have previous experience with hypnosis, and 67% reported willingness to accept hypnosis in a medical setting. Increasing age was associated with more skepticism, while previous experience was associated with less sk

SUBMITTER: Lind SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8646199 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature