ArticleBMC anesthesiology2023
Hypnosis in the operating room: are anesthesiology teams interested and well-informed?
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- Hypnosis associated with local anesthesia versus local anesthesia alone during bone marrow biopsy: a randomized, controlled, multicenter study, QUALHYBOM.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Trial
- Complementary medicine as a holistic approach for pain management in heart and lung transplantation.JHLT open · 2026Article
- Hypnosis-Assisted Awake Craniotomy for Eloquent Brain Tumors: Advantages and Pitfalls.Cancers · 2024Article
- Clinical hypnosis and the anaesthetist: a practical approach.BJA education · 2024Review
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8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundHypnosis can be a beneficial complementary anesthesia technique for a variety of surgical procedures. Despite favorable scientific evidence, hypnosis is still rarely used in the operating room. Obstacles to implementation could be a lack of interest or training, misconceptions, as well as limited knowledge amongst anesthesiology teams. Hence, this study aimed to assess the interest, training, beliefs, and knowledge about hypnosis in the operating room staff.
designA questionnaire with 21-items, based on a prior survey, was set up on an online platform. The medical and nursing anesthesiology staff of four Swiss academic and large regional hospitals (N = 754) were invited to participate anonymously through e-mails sent by their hierarchy. Results were analyzed quantitatively.
resultsBetween June, 2020 and August, 2021 353 answers were collected (47% response rate). Most (92%) were aware that hypnosis needs specific training, with 14% trained. A large majority of the untrained staff wished to enroll for conversational hypnosis training. There was a strong agreement for hypnosis playing a role in anesthesia. Nevertheless, many of these professionals believed that hypnosis has a limited field of action (53%) or that it would be too time consuming (33%). The reduction of misconceptions was based more on exposure to hypnosis than on training.
conclusionOverall, anesthesia providers' attitude was in favor of using hypnosis in the operating room. Misconceptions such as a prolongation of the procedure, alteration of consent, lack of acceptability for patients, and limited indications were identified as potential barriers. These deserve to be challenged through proper dissemination of the recent scientific literature and exposure to practice.
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