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- Title
THE ANXIOLYTIC EFFECT OF HYPNOSIS IN COLONOSCOPY AND SIGMOIDOSCOPY.
- Authors
COVENEY, EAMONN; YIU MING HO
- Abstract
The impact of a very brief hypnotic intervention was assessed by measuring its anxiolytic and analgesic effects with patients undergoing colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy. Additionally, the quality of colonoscopy performed with hypnosis was assessed by comparing its adenoma detection rate to the UK national standard. Two groups of patients were treated, 35 with hypnosis and 31 without. There were no significant differences between the groups in the adenoma detection rates. Neither were there in the amounts of sedation used during the procedures, suggesting that hypnosis did not have a marked analgesic effect. This was confirmed both by self-rated discomfort scores and by nurse-rated scores, neither of which showed any statistically significant inter-group differences. However, there was a highly significant (p < 0.001) impact upon anxiety, with the hypnosis group recording markedly lower ratings following the intervention.
- Publication
Contemporary Hypnosis & Integrative Therapy, 2020, Vol 34, Issue 1, p25
- ISSN
2049-2146
- Publication type
Academic Journal