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clinical relevance, and practical issues. A semistructured
question format was developed
specifically for this. Summaries of these commentaries
are provided in
Table 2
.
Results
One systematic review,
30
seven published
randomized controlled trials,
15,17,33--37
and
one nonrandomized controlled clinical trial
38
were found.
The Evidence
All clinical trials located are presented in
Table 2
, together with comments on their
methodology and clinical relevance. Trials
are also further discussed in narrative form
to illustrate differences between studies and
in an attempt to assist in highlighting the issues
to be addressed in future research.
It was not considered appropriate to combine
the results of studies due to variation in
the population characteristics and in the
interventions.
Summary of Each Study
Randomized controlled clinical trials
. Liossi and
Hatira
15
conducted a four-armed randomized
controlled clinical trial (RCT) of 80 pediatric
cancer patients (aged 6--16) undergoing
LP. Treatment arms included (1) direct hypnosis,