TY  - JOUR
AU  - Pathak, Anupa
AU  - Sharma, Saurab
AU  - Jensen, Mark
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/05
TI  - Hypnosis for Clinical Pain Management: A Scoping Review of Systematic Reviews
JO  - OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine
SP  - 005
VL  - 05
IS  - 01
AB  - There is a growing body of research evaluating the effects of hypnosis for the management of clinical pain. A summary of the recent systematic review would help understand the quality of evidence regarding the efficacy of hypnosis, and provide directions for future research. We conducted a scoping review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses on the efficacy of hypnosis for management of clinical pain conditions published after 2013. We searched four databases and two reviewers independently screened studies. We extracted information regarding efficacy of hypnosis, quality of trials reviewed, and author’s conclusions from the included reviews. We included 13 systematic reviews or meta-analyses that synthesized results from 77 unique clinical trials published from 1841 to 2017. There was a large degree of heterogeneity in the hypnosis interventions evaluated in the trials. Overall, the authors concluded that there was low-quality evidence for beneficial effects of hypnosis in the management of procedural pain, headache and pain associated with breast cancer care. All 13 reviews concluded that higher-quality trials were needed. Hypnosis may be an effective treatment for a variety of clinical pain conditions. However, the efficacy of hypnotic treatment for clinical pain is yet to be verified in high-quality trials. Researchers should follow recommended guidelines, checklists, and tools to avoid the common methodological shortcomings of previously published trials.
SN  - 2573-4393
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.2001005
DO  - 10.21926/obm.icm.2001005
ID  - Pathak2020
ER  -