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ReviewJournal of evidence-based integrative medicine

Best Practice Recommendations for Conducting and Reporting Controlled Trials in Clinical Hypnosis Research.

Zoltan Kekecs, Donald Moss, Peter J Whorwell, Katalin Varga, Devin B Terhune, Philip D Shenefelt, Olafur S Palsson, Giuseppe De Benedittis, Gary Elkins

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Review in Journal of evidence-based integrative medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Digital Interactive Media for Chronic Low Back Pain Management: A Feasibility Study.The International journal of clinical and experimental hypnosis · 2026
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  5. Hypnosis at the Crossroads: A Primer of the Past and Visions for the Future.The International journal of clinical and experimental hypnosis
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Zoltan KekecsInstitute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0001-9247-9781
Donald MossCollege of Integrative Medicine and Health Sciences, Saybrook University, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Peter J WhorwellNeurogastroenterology Unit, Wythenshawe Hospital, Wythenshawe, Manchester, UK.
Katalin VargaInstitute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
Devin B TerhuneDepartment of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK.
Philip D ShenefeltDepartment of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
Olafur S PalssonDepartment of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Giuseppe De BenedittisDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Milano, Milano MI, Italy.
Gary ElkinsDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is an abundance of outcomes research for clinical hypnosis showing promising results. Nonetheless, hypnosis is still underutilized in clinical care. For a behavioral intervention to enter mainstream clinical care, efficacy needs to be demonstrated with exceptionally high quality of evidence, and its reporting needs to be complete and sufficiently clear to enable replication and clinical use. The present article provides best practice guidelines formulated by the

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HypnosisControlled Clinical Trials as TopicHumansPractice Guidelines as TopicResearch Designbest practiceshypnosisoutcomes researchreporting guidelinesresearch methods

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PMID39403729
PMCPMC11483803

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