Hypnosis for treatment of pain in children.
OBJECTIVE
Many children suffer from chronic and painful illnesses. Hypnosis was found to be effective for analgesia in adults. Is it effective for managing pain in children?


CONCLUSIONS
Children can be easier to hypnotize than adults. Studies have shown clinical hypnosis and self-hypnosis to be effective as adjunct treatments for children in pain. Examples include painful medical procedures, such as bone marrow aspiration and lumbar puncture in pediatric cancer patients, postoperative pain and anxiety in children undergoing surgery, and chronic headache.
Rogovik
Alex L
AL
Pediatric Research in Emergency Therapeutics program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.
Goldman
Ran D
RD
D001007:Anxiety / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome