Hypnosis (Hypnotherapy) in Patients before Operation: Integrative Literature Review

Abstract

Background: Patients before being operated felt anxiety, which affect the physiological status of the patient and can further have an impact on changes in the patient's hemodynamic and clinical status. Fear of the process that will be undertaken, imagining the pain that will be suffered and the existence of other factors, namely the lack of support for the preparation of surgery from family members and people around the patient is a burden for the patient. Purpose: To review existing hypnotherapy and design to improve the patient's readiness for surgery, anxiety/ worries and pain. Methods: Literature search from CIAHL, Scopus, PubMed, International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS), and Google Scholar 2002-2020, on this topic using hypnotherapy in preoperative preparation as keyword showed 8 related articles. Results: From the results of literature studies it was found that there are several benefits of giving hypnosis before surgery. Hypnosis can also be termed as giving hypnotherapy. The impact is in the form of positive changes. There are various advantages of applying hypnosis to pre-operative patients in several countries such as France, Indonesia and America, including, reducing pain, reducing anxiety among patients to be undergoing surgery, preparing patients for surgery and reducing other post-operative impacts. Conclusion: Hypnosis can be applied in the cases of advanced preoperative patients, which can improve self-preparedness and can even decrease postoperative pain.