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The Impact of Virtual Reality Hypnosis on Pain and Anxiety Caused by Trauma: Lessons Learned from a Clinical Trial.
Trial report in The International journal of clinical and experimental hypnosis. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Virtual reality hypnosis during protective isolation: a parallel group randomized trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Trial
- Virtual Reality for Anxiety and Pain Management in Lower Limb Orthopedic Surgery Under Spinal Anesthesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Effects of Virtual Reality Hypnosis on Pain and Anxiety in Oncology Patients During Port-a-Catheter Placement Procedure: A Pilot Study.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Use of virtual reality medical hypnosis for anxiolytic purposes during frozen embryo transfer: A prospective pilot study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Comparison of Experimental Pain Modulation by Hypnosis, Virtual Reality and Virtual Reality Hypnosis in Healthy Individuals.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Article
- Pulmonary and Physical Virtual Reality Exercises for Patients With Blunt Chest Trauma: Randomized Clinical Trial.JMIR serious games · 2024Article
- The effect of virtual reality hypnosis (HypnoVR) in patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair under local anesthesia. A preliminary report.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2024Article
- Adjunctive use of hypnosis for clinical pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Pain reports · 2024Review
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Abstract
This randomized, controlled trial tested the impact that hypnosis delivered through immersive virtual reality technology on background pain, anxiety, opioid use, and hospital length of stay in a sample of patients hospitalized for trauma. Participants were randomly assigned to receive either virtual-reality-induced hypnosis, virtual reality for distraction, or usual care during the course of their hospitalization. Mean number of treatment sessions was 3. A total of 153 patients participated in the study. Results indicated no significant differences between the experimental and control conditions on any outcome measures. This study used an early version of virtual reality technology to induce hypnosis and highlighted several important lessons about the challenges of implementation of this technology and how to improve its use in clinical settings.
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