1. Impact of a Hypnotically-Based Intervention on Pain and Fear in Women Undergoing Labor
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Xavier Paqueron, Sylvie Martel-Jacob, Karine Hamelin, Véronique Waisblat, Nicolas Guillou, François Ginsbourger, Philippe Houssel, Gilles Dhonneur, Moustapha Moufouki, Bryan Langholz, Monique Arnould, Sébastien Bloc, Hervé Musellec, Sihem Zerguine, Aurélien Benassi, Patrice Cavagna, Said Nid Mansour, Franck Bernard, Pierre Hugot, Mark P. Jensen, and Daniel Ogagna
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Adult ,Complementary and Manual Therapy ,Hypnosis ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.drug_class ,Psychological intervention ,Doulas ,Hypnotic ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Pregnancy ,Hypnosis, Anesthetic ,Intervention (counseling) ,Humans ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Labor Pain ,business.industry ,Fear ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Additional research ,Clinical trial ,Clinical Psychology ,Communication Intervention ,Physical therapy ,Female ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a hypnotically-based intervention for pain and fear in women undergoing labor who are about to receive an epidural catheter. A group of 155 women received interventions that included either (a) patient rocking, gentle touching, and hypnotic communication or (b) patient rocking, gentle touching, and standard communication. The authors found that the hypnotic communication intervention was more effective than the standard communication intervention for reducing both pain intensity and fear. The results support the use of hypnotic communication just before and during epidural placement for women who are in labor and also indicate that additional research to evaluate the benefits and mechanism of this treatment is warranted.
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- 2016
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