"Conversational Hypnosis" do a better job than pills for relaxing patients before anesthesia and surgery 言語催眠對手術前病人的焦慮情緒紓緩比服用藥物更加有效
醫學新知10/28報導：麻醉學2015年度會議時指出，言語催眠能對手術前病人的焦慮情緒紓緩大有幫助，比服用藥物更加有效。
實驗指出100名手術病人，50人在術前用口服藥，另50人用言語催眠放鬆減壓放鬆，藥物組的在服藥後的放鬆指數為8.3，而使用言語催眠組的放鬆指數高達9.3。
"conversational hypnosis" as the approach is known, may do a better job than pills for relaxing patients before anesthesia and surgery, suggests research being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY™ 2015 annual meeting.
In the study of 100 patients undergoing hand surgery, 50 had conversational hypnosis while being given regional anesthesia, and 50 were given 25 mg of oral hydroxyzine 30 minutes to an hour before the induction of anesthesia. Their levels of relaxation were assessed using the ANI as well as the comfort scale, both prior to and after receiving hypnosis or medication and anesthesia.
Patients measured an average ANI of 51 before and 78 after hypnosis, whereas those who had medication averaged 63 before and 70 after. The average comfort scale of those who had received hypnosis was 6.7 before and 9.3 after, while patients who had medication averaged 7.8 before and 8.3 after.