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in both hypnosis and with cancer patients
was asked to comment on each study, focusing
on the appropriateness of the intervention,
Table 1
Excluded Studies
Authors Study Type Title/Description Reason for Exclusion
Zeltzer et al.
46
1991 RCT A randomized, controlled study of behavioral
intervention for chemotherapy distress
in children with cancer
Chemotherapy treatment
not LP/BMA procedure,
assessment of distress
but not pain
Hilgard
and LeBaron
47
1982
UCT Patients aged 6--19 undergoing BMAs with
hypnosis. Hypnotizable but not
nonhypnotizable patients reported substantial
reductions in self-reported pain relief.
The less-hypnotizable patients did not
receive symptom relief but reported
a reduction in anxiety. Furthermore, females
were found to report more pain than males.
No control group
Kellerman et al.
48
1983 UCT Sixteen adolescent cancer patients undergoing
a variety of invasive procedures underwent
hypnosis. Patients achieved significant reductions
in measures of pain and distress after hypnosis
training. Anticipatory anxiety was observed
to increase prior to hypnotic treatment.
Two patients rejected hypnosis.