Short report
The use of hypnosis in gastroscopy: a comparison with intravenous
sedation
Philip Conlong, Wynne Rees
Hope Hospital,
Eccles Old Road, Salford, Manchester M6 8HD, UK
Correspondence to: P Conlong, 14 Lidgate Grove, Didsbury, Manchester M20 6TS, UK
Accepted 9 October 1998
A total of 124 subjects who were undergoing routine
endoscopy were randomly assigned to one of three groups. All three
groups received lignocaine throat spray. The first group additionally received midazolam, the second received hypnosis, whilst the third only received lignocaine throat spray. Although hypnotised patients were deemed by an independent observer to be less agitated than the
other two groups (p<0.03), they reported the gastroscopy to be
significantly more uncomfortable (p<0.042) and scored higher in their
memory for the procedure (p<0.001). They also took slightly longer to
induce than the midazolam group. The midazolam group on the other hand
rated the procedure as significantly more comfortable although
paradoxically were seen by an independent observer as being more
agitated. They were also significantly more amnesic. The endoscopist
encountered more procedural difficulties with this group but this did
not reach levels of significance. Hypnosis was not shown to be an
effective alternative to intravenous sedation in gastroscopy.
Keywords: hypnosis; gastroscopy; sedation; midazolam
© 1999 by The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
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