EFFECTS OF CONVERSATIONAL HYPNOSIS ON RELATIVE PARASYMPATHETIC TONE AND PATIENT COMFORT DURING AXILLARY BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCKS FOR AMBULATORY UPPER LIMB SURGERY:A Quasiexperimental Pilot Study. Issue 2 (3rd April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Boselli, Emmanuel; Musellec, Hervé; Bernard, Franck; Guillou, Nicolas; Hugot, Pierre; Augris-Mathieu, Caroline; Diot-Junique, Nathalie; Bouvet, Lionel; Allaouchiche, Bernard
• Is Part Of: International journal of clinical and experimental hypnosis. Volume 66:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 134
• Page End: 146
• Publication Date: 2018-04-03
• Subjects: Hypnotism -- Therapeutic use -- Periodicals; 615.8512
• DOI: 10.1080/00207144.2018.1421355
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0020-7144

Abstract

Abstract: This two-center quasiexperimental pilot study was to determine the effect of conversational hypnosis on patient comfort and parasympathetic tone, which may represent a quantitative measure of hypnotic depth, during regional anesthesia. The patients received conversational hypnosis in one center and oral premedication in the other. The patients' subjective comfort (0-10 rating scale) and objective parasympathetic tone, as assessed by the Analgesia/Nociception Index (ANI), were measured before and after regional anesthesia. The parasympathetic tone and comfort scores evidenced a significantly greater increase in the hypnosis patients than in controls. These findings suggest that using conversational hypnosis during regional anesthesia may be followed by a subjective increase in patient comfort and an objective increase in parasympathetic tone, monitored by ANI.