Trial reportJournal of consulting and clinical psychology2010
Mediators of a brief hypnosis intervention to control side effects in breast surgery patients: response expectancies and emotional distress.
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- Alleviation of Side Effects and Distress in Breast Cancer Patients by Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2018Pooled it
- Psychological preparation and postoperative outcomes for adults undergoing surgery under general anaesthesia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Mediators of change in psychosocial interventions for cancer patients: a systematic review.Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.) · 2012Pooled it
- The impact of hypnotic suggestibility in clinical care settings.The International journal of clinical and experimental hypnosis · 2011Pooled it
- Preoperative Hypnosis versus Mindfulness for Reducing Postoperative Symptoms in Breast Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Anesthesiology · 2026Trial
- Evaluating Group CBT for Depression in Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients in a Malaysian Public Hospital.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2025Trial
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Plus Hypnosis for Distress During Breast Radiotherapy: A Randomized Trial.The American journal of clinical hypnosis · 2017Trial
- Hypnotherapy to Reduce Hot Flashes: Examination of Response Expectancies as a Mediator of Outcomes.Journal of evidence-based complementary & alternative medicine · 2017Trial
- Randomized controlled trial of a cognitive-behavioral therapy plus hypnosis intervention to control fatigue in patients undergoing radiotherapy for breast cancer.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2014Trial
- Adjunctive use of hypnosis for clinical pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Pain reports · 2024Review
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- Recent Progress in Mind-Body Therapies in Cancer Care.Current oncology reports · 2023Review
- Complementary Therapy Learning in the Setting of Lung Transplantation: A Single-Center Observational Study of Appropriation and Efficacy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Development and refinement of Rel@x:A training in hypnosis-derived communication for pediatric nurses to prevent procedural pain.British journal of pain · 2022Article
- Effect of hypnosis before general anesthesia on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing minor surgery for breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Gland surgery · 2022Article
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- Cancer-Related Fatigue-Is There a Role for Complementary and Integrative Medicine?Current oncology reports · 2021Review
- The effect of an online lecture on psychosocial cancer care providers' attitudes about hypnosis.Psychology of consciousness (Washington, D.C.) · 2019Article
- The Role of Hypnosis in Cancer Care.Current oncology reports · 2018Review
- Interest and Attitudes about Hypnosis in a Large Community Sample.Psychology of consciousness (Washington, D.C.) · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe present study was designed to test the hypotheses that response expectancies and emotional distress mediate the effects of an empirically validated presurgical hypnosis intervention on postsurgical side effects (i.e., pain, nausea, and fatigue).
methodWomen (n = 200) undergoing breast-conserving surgery (mean age = 48.50 years; 63% White, 15% Hispanic, 13% African American, and 9% other) were randomized to a hypnosis or to an attention control group. Prior to surgery, patients completed assessments of hypothesized mediators (response expectancies and emotional distress), and following surgery, patients completed assessments of outcome variables (pain, nausea, and fatigue).
resultsStructural equation modeling revealed the following: (a) Hypnotic effects on postsurgical pain were partially mediated by pain expectancy (p < .0001) but not by distress (p = .12); (b) hypnotic effects on postsurgical nausea were partially mediated by presurgical distress (p = .02) but not by nausea expectancy (p = .10); and (c) hypnotic effects on postsurgical fatigue were partially mediated by both fatigue expectancy (p = .0001) and presurgical distress (p = .02).
conclusionsThe results demonstrate the mediational roles of response expectancies and emotional distress in clinical benefits associated with a hypnotic intervention for breast cancer surgical patients. More broadly, the results improve understanding of the underlying mechanisms responsible for hypnotic phenomena and suggest that future hypnotic interventions target patient expectancies and distress to improve postsurgical recovery.
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