TY - JOUR
T1 - Brief presurgery hypnosis reduces distress and pain in excisional breast biopsy patients
AU - Montgomery, G. H.
AU - Weltz, C. R.
AU - Seltz, M.
AU - Bovbjerg, D. H.
N1 - Funding Information:
Manuscript submitted November 14,2000;f inal revision received March 19,2001 'TIUSr esearch was supported in part by a research grant from the National Cancer Insti- tute (R03CA86562-01). 'We would like to thank the Post Anesthesia Care Unit staff and the ambulatory care staff for their strong support in conducting the study. 'Address correspondence to Dr. Guy H. Montgomery, Box 1130, Ruttenberg Cancer Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029- 6574 or guy [email protected].
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Each year, hundreds of thousands of women undergo excisional breast biopsies for definitive diagnosis. Not only do these patients experience pain associated with the procedure, but they also endure distress associated with the threat of cancer. Hypnosis has been demonstrated as effective for controlling patients' pain in other surgical settings, but breast surgery patients have received little attention. To determine the impact of brief presurgical hypnosis on these patients' postsurgery pain and distress and to explore possible mediating mechanisms of these effects, 20 excisional breast biopsy patients were randomly assigned to a hypnosis or control group (standard care). Hypnosis reduced postsurgery pain and distress. Initial evidence suggested that the effects of hypnosis were mediated by presurgery expectations.
AB - Each year, hundreds of thousands of women undergo excisional breast biopsies for definitive diagnosis. Not only do these patients experience pain associated with the procedure, but they also endure distress associated with the threat of cancer. Hypnosis has been demonstrated as effective for controlling patients' pain in other surgical settings, but breast surgery patients have received little attention. To determine the impact of brief presurgical hypnosis on these patients' postsurgery pain and distress and to explore possible mediating mechanisms of these effects, 20 excisional breast biopsy patients were randomly assigned to a hypnosis or control group (standard care). Hypnosis reduced postsurgery pain and distress. Initial evidence suggested that the effects of hypnosis were mediated by presurgery expectations.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0036133658
U2 - 10.1080/00207140208410088
DO - 10.1080/00207140208410088
M3 - Article
C2 - 11778705
AN - SCOPUS:0036133658
SN - 0020-7144
VL - 50
SP - 17
EP - 32
JO - International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
JF - International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
IS - 1
ER -