Authors: Fatih Hızlı Osman Özcan İsmail Selvi Pınar Eraslan Aydın Köşüş Okan Baş Taha Numan Yıkılmaz Oğuz Güven Halil Başar
Publish Date: 2015/09/16
Volume: 47, Issue: 11, Pages: 1773-1777
Abstract
Several studies evaluating the tolerance of transrectal ultrasound TRUSguided needle biopsies showed that moderatetosevere pain was associated with the procedure Additionally prebiopsy anxiety or rebiopsy as a result of a prior biopsy procedure is mentioned as factors predisposing to higher pain intensity Thus in this study we investigated the effects of hypnotherapy during transrectal ultrasoundguided prostate needle biopsy for pain and anxietySixtyfour patients presenting for TRUSguided prostate needle biopsy were randomly assigned to receive either 10min presurgery hypnosis session n = 32 mean age 635 ± 61 p = 0289 or a presurgery control session n = 32 mean age 618 ± 68 p = 0289 The hypnosis session involved suggestions for increased relaxation and decreased anxiety Presurgery pain and anxiety were measured using visual analog scales VAS Beck Anxiety Inventory BAI and Hamilton Anxiety Scale HAS respectively In our statistics p 005 was considered statistically significantAll procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards
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