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Women’s Center for Mind-Body Health
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The focus of this research database is on how stress affects women's health, and options for treatment using mind-body therapies. To obtain full summaries of the articles, see "How to Get Abstracts" below .
Minor Surgery
11778705 RCT Brief presurgery hypnosis reduces distress and pain in excisional breast biopsy patients Small randomized controlled trial showed that using hypnosis briefly preop decreased breast biopsy patients' postop pain and distress. The hypnotic intervention was a 10 minute standardized script that included an induction, progressive relaxation, special place, a deepening procedure, and various appropriate suggestions. 2002 Int J Clin Exp Hypn 50;1:17-32 Montgomery, G. H., Weltz, C. R., Seltz, M., and Bovbjer, D. H.
8298547 RCT Anxiety, relaxation and anaesthesia for day-case surgery Patients given a brief relaxation intervention prior to anesthesia had less anxiety, required less anaesthetic agent, and were easier to maintain under anesthesia. 1993 Br J Clin Psychol 32 ( Pt 4);493-504 Markland, D. and Hardy, L.
3136676 RCT Hypnosis and daycase anaesthesia. A study to reduce pre-operative anxiety and intra-operative anaesthetic requirements Single-blind study of women undergoing minor gyn procedures. Those who were given a brief hypnotic relaxation intervention prior to general anesthesia had less anxiety and required less anesthetic medication. 1988 Anaesthesia 43;6:466-9 Goldmann, L., Ogg, T. W., and Levey, A. B.
8563668 JA Psychological and cardiovascular predictors of anaesthesia induction, operative and post-operative complications in minor gynaecological surgery Health locus of control and worry were associated with cardiovascular and anesthetic induction variables in patients having D&Cs and laparoscopies. 1995 Br J Clin Psychol 34 ( Pt 4);613-25 Abbott, J. and Abbott, P.
10210467 JA Post-operative pain, nausea and vomiting: qualitative perspectives from telephone interviews British short stay surgery patients were interviewed 8 days post op re: their experience with pain, nausea and vomiting. "Not all patients were discharged home in optimum condition. The needs of post-operative short-stay patients should come before financial imperatives to vacate beds." 1999 J Adv Nurs 29;3:690-6 Waterman, H., Leatherbarrow, B., Slater, R., and Waterman, C.
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