Effects of tape-recorded hypnotic preparation for surgery
Abstract
The day before surgery, 30 patients heard a tape recording that gave suggestions of relaxation, drowsiness, comfort during the operation, and quick recovery, and which also gave simple information about the forthcoming operation. A control group of 30 additional surgical patients heard a recording describing facilities available in the hospital. No differences between the 2 groups were found on surgeons ratings of degree of nervousness on the day of the operation, or on speed of recovery. However, there was a significant correlation within the experimental group between depth of relaxation while listening to the recording and absence of nervousness the day of the operation, and also between depth of relaxation and speed of recovery. Verbal reports of benefit from listening to the recording were unrelated to depth of relaxation.
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Eleven additional studies evaluating effects on pain intensity for medical/surgical pain were unable to be pooled and had mixed findings.
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- Authors
- Field, P. B.
- Affiliations
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs (US)
- Corresponding author
- Field, Peter B.
- Venue
- International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1974-01
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 54-61
- ISSN
- 0020-7144 (ISSN-L)
- 1744-5183
- OpenAlex
- W2005422628
- Cited by
- 52
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 0.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Music Therapy and Health
- Health Sciences › Dentistry › Oral Surgery › Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques
- Keywords
- preoperative hypnosis, relaxation, preoperative anxiety, surgical patients, postoperative recovery, hypnotic suggestion
- MeSH terms
- Female, Humans, Hypnosis, Male, Relaxation, Suggestion, Surgical Procedures, Operative, Tape Recording
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