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Article: Hypnosis for Childbirth: A Retrospective Comparative Analysis of Outcomes in One Obstetrician's Practice
- Article from:
- American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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CopyrightCopyright American Society of Clinical Hypnosis Oct 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Abstract
This exploratory, descriptive study, done retrospectively from perinatal medical records, compared childbirth outcomes in one obstetrician's caseload between 50 women who elected antepartal hypnosis preparation (usually a 5-class series) and 51 who did not. The groups were demographically similar. To achieve similar numbers to the hypnosis group, the control group was randomly selected from the women in the caseload who opted not to take hypnosis preparation, based on characteristics of parity and delivery mode. Prenatal hypnosis preparation resulted in significantly less use of sedatives, analgesia, and regional anesthesia during labor and in higher 1 -minute neonatal Apgar ...
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