Pain
One session of hypnosis reduces pain, nausea, fatigue & distress from breast biopsy or lumpectomy. | Print |  E-mail
Friday, 29 February 2008
After one hypnosis session before a lumpectomy or breast biopsy, patients require 22% less analgesia and 34% less sedation; and report 53% less pain intensity, 74% less nausea, 46% less fatigue, 47% less discomfort, and 74% less emotional upset
 
Mind-body interventions for chronic pain in older adults: a structured review | Print |  E-mail
Thursday, 19 July 2007
A review of the literature from investigators at the University of Pittsburgh looks at whether 8 different mind-body therapies are feasible, safe or effective options for reducing nonmalignant, chronic pain in older adults..
 
Evaluation of guided imagery as treatment for recurrent abdominal pain in children: A randomized con | Print |  E-mail
Friday, 01 December 2006
Researchers from Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO found that guided imagery combined with progressive relaxation was more therapeutic for children with recurrent abdominal pain than simple breathing exercises
 
Effects of guided imagery on outcomes of pain, functional status, and self-efficacy in persons diagn | Print |  E-mail
Monday, 06 March 2006
Researchers from Florida International University’s School of Nursing find that a 6-week intervention of guided imagery significantly improves many of the effects of fibromyalgia in a randomized, controlled clinical trial..
 
Changes in the meaning of pain with the use of guided imagery. | Print |  E-mail
Monday, 19 September 2005
Researchers from Kent State University’s College of Nursing found that guided imagery changed the way patients described their pain. Imagery users found pain changeable; the controls found it never-ending..
 
Use of nonpharmacologic interventions for pain and anxiety after total hip and total knee arthroplas | Print |  E-mail
Monday, 25 July 2005
Once again, researchers - this time at the University of Wisconsin - find that nonpharmacologic, mind-body techniques reduce pain and anxiety in orthopedic patients undergoing elective knee or hip replacement surgery
 
Hypnosis for pain relief in labour and childbirth: a systematic review. | Print |  E-mail
Tuesday, 05 July 2005
A recent meta-analysis out of Adelaide, Australia examines the effectiveness of hypnosis for pain relief for women during childbirth, and reveals some very promising studies that support its use..
 
Hypnosis for pain relief in labor and childbirth: a systematic review. | Print |  E-mail
Monday, 13 June 2005
Meta-analysis of several studies shows that hypnosis appears to be promising at improving pain scores in laboring women, but a lack of well designed, controlled, randomized studies means that more research is needed..
 
The use of guided imagery to manage pain in an elderly orthopaedic population. | Print |  E-mail
Monday, 13 December 2004
Two fabulous research nurses, right down the street, from Case Western Reserve’s graduate school of nursing, completed a pilot study showing that imagery helps with pain control for elderly patients who have undergone joint replacement..
 
The effectiveness of therapeutic touch for decreasing pain in elders with degenerative arthritis. | Print |  E-mail
Monday, 20 September 2004
Therapeutic Touch is found to decrease pain in elders with degenerative arthritis, compared with progressive muscle relaxation or routine treatment
 
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