Hypnosis in the operating room: are anesthesiology teams interested and well-informed?
Abstract Background Hypnosis can be a beneficial complementary anesthesia technique for a variety of surgical procedures. Despite favorable scientific evidence, hypnosis is still rarely used in the operating room. Obstacles to implementation could be a lack of interest or training, misconceptions, a...
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| author | Sonia Zaccarini Aurore Fernandez Adriana Wolff Lennart Magnusson Benno Rehberg-Klug Sina Grape Patrick Schoettker Chantal Berna |
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| description | Abstract Background Hypnosis can be a beneficial complementary anesthesia technique for a variety of surgical procedures. Despite favorable scientific evidence, hypnosis is still rarely used in the operating room. Obstacles to implementation could be a lack of interest or training, misconceptions, as well as limited knowledge amongst anesthesiology teams. Hence, this study aimed to assess the interest, training, beliefs, and knowledge about hypnosis in the operating room staff. Design A questionnaire with 21-items, based on a prior survey, was set up on an online platform. The medical and nursing anesthesiology staff of four Swiss academic and large regional hospitals (N = 754) were invited to participate anonymously through e-mails sent by their hierarchy. Results were analyzed quantitatively. Results Between June, 2020 and August, 2021 353 answers were collected (47% response rate). Most (92%) were aware that hypnosis needs specific training, with 14% trained. A large majority of the untrained staff wished to enroll for conversational hypnosis training. There was a strong agreement for hypnosis playing a role in anesthesia. Nevertheless, many of these professionals believed that hypnosis has a limited field of action (53%) or that it would be too time consuming (33%). The reduction of misconceptions was based more on exposure to hypnosis than on training. Conclusion Overall, anesthesia providers’ attitude was in favor of using hypnosis in the operating room. Misconceptions such as a prolongation of the procedure, alteration of consent, lack of acceptability for patients, and limited indications were identified as potential barriers. These deserve to be challenged through proper dissemination of the recent scientific literature and exposure to practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cbbedbc05548477894349670ddc525b22023-11-20T10:41:56ZengBMCBMC Anesthesiology1471-22532023-08-012311710.1186/s12871-023-02229-3Hypnosis in the operating room: are anesthesiology teams interested and well-informed?Sonia Zaccarini0Aurore Fernandez1Adriana Wolff2Lennart Magnusson3Benno Rehberg-Klug4Sina Grape5Patrick Schoettker6Chantal Berna7Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), and Lausanne UniversityCenter for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), and Lausanne UniversityDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Geneva HospitalsDepartment of Anesthesiology, Cantons Hospital of FribourgDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Geneva HospitalsDepartment of Anesthesiology, Valais HospitalPain Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV)Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), and Lausanne UniversityAbstract Background Hypnosis can be a beneficial complementary anesthesia technique for a variety of surgical procedures. Despite favorable scientific evidence, hypnosis is still rarely used in the operating room. Obstacles to implementation could be a lack of interest or training, misconceptions, as well as limited knowledge amongst anesthesiology teams. Hence, this study aimed to assess the interest, training, beliefs, and knowledge about hypnosis in the operating room staff. Design A questionnaire with 21-items, based on a prior survey, was set up on an online platform. The medical and nursing anesthesiology staff of four Swiss academic and large regional hospitals (N = 754) were invited to participate anonymously through e-mails sent by their hierarchy. Results were analyzed quantitatively. Results Between June, 2020 and August, 2021 353 answers were collected (47% response rate). Most (92%) were aware that hypnosis needs specific training, with 14% trained. A large majority of the untrained staff wished to enroll for conversational hypnosis training. There was a strong agreement for hypnosis playing a role in anesthesia. Nevertheless, many of these professionals believed that hypnosis has a limited field of action (53%) or that it would be too time consuming (33%). The reduction of misconceptions was based more on exposure to hypnosis than on training. Conclusion Overall, anesthesia providers’ attitude was in favor of using hypnosis in the operating room. Misconceptions such as a prolongation of the procedure, alteration of consent, lack of acceptability for patients, and limited indications were identified as potential barriers. These deserve to be challenged through proper dissemination of the recent scientific literature and exposure to practice.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-023-02229-3HypnosisHypnoanalagesiaAnesthesiologyImplementationOperating room |
| spellingShingle | Sonia Zaccarini Aurore Fernandez Adriana Wolff Lennart Magnusson Benno Rehberg-Klug Sina Grape Patrick Schoettker Chantal Berna Hypnosis in the operating room: are anesthesiology teams interested and well-informed? BMC Anesthesiology Hypnosis Hypnoanalagesia Anesthesiology Implementation Operating room |
| title | Hypnosis in the operating room: are anesthesiology teams interested and well-informed? |
| title_full | Hypnosis in the operating room: are anesthesiology teams interested and well-informed? |
| title_fullStr | Hypnosis in the operating room: are anesthesiology teams interested and well-informed? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hypnosis in the operating room: are anesthesiology teams interested and well-informed? |
| title_short | Hypnosis in the operating room: are anesthesiology teams interested and well-informed? |
| title_sort | hypnosis in the operating room are anesthesiology teams interested and well informed |
| topic | Hypnosis Hypnoanalagesia Anesthesiology Implementation Operating room |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-023-02229-3 |
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