title: Hypnotizability and hypnoanalgesia: hypnotizability of patients using hypnoanalgesia during surgery.
abstract: We administered the Stanford Hypnotic Suggestibility Scale (Form A) (SHSS:A) to 10 patients from a population of 20 who had undergone surgery in the previous 10 years using hypnoanalgesia as the sole or principal analgesic agent. Time since surgery ranged from 2 days to 10 years. Scores on the SHSS ranged from 5 (medium susceptibility) to 12 (high susceptibility) with a mean of 8.6, significantly higher than the SHSS:A normative group (p less than .001). The relationship between severity of surgery and the use of hypnoanalgesia as the sole or principal analgesia was significant for our patient population (N = 20) but not for our patient sample (N = 10).
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Levitan
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Harbaugh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006991:Hypnosis, Anesthetic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000523:psychology*