title: Effect of different therapeutic suggestions presented during anaesthesia on post-operative course.
abstract: A double-blind, randomized study was conducted to examine the effect of different types of therapeutic suggestions, administered during general anaesthesia, on post-operative course. Eighty-two patients undergoing cholecystectomy were intra-operatively exposed to either affirmative and non-affirmative suggestions, affirmative or non-affirmative suggestions separately, or some irrelevant text. Patients who had received both affirmative and non-affirmative suggestions spent less time in hospital than patients in the other three groups. No significant differences were demonstrated for subjective well-being measured on the third and sixth days.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Erasmus University, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jelicic
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bonke
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Millar
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009609:Nitrous Oxide; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D020250:Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting / Q000517:prevention & control; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013404:Suggestion
chemical_list: D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D009609:Nitrous Oxide