Question · asked by 1 review

Hypnosis vs No hypnosis (no hypnotic intervention): Measures of behaviour during local anaesthesia administration (undesirable behaviours: crying, hand movement, physical resistance, leg movement)

Population
Children aged 4 to 13 years with no previous dental experience undergoing restorative treatment with local anaesthesia (Gokli 1994)
Intervention
Hypnosis
Comparison
No hypnosis (no hypnotic intervention)
Outcome
Measures of behaviour during local anaesthesia administration (undesirable behaviours: crying, hand movement, physical resistance, leg movement)

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Hypnosis vs No hypnosis (no hypnotic intervention)
Measures of behaviour during local anaesthesia administration (undesirable behaviours: crying, hand movement, physical resistance, leg movement) · Children aged 4 to 13 years with no previous dental experience undergoing restorative treatment with local anaesthesia…
Hypnosis for children undergoing dental treatment (2010) · Cochrane All outcomes
Patients who were hypnotised demonstrated fewer undesirable behaviours (crying, hand movement, physical resistance and leg movement) than those who did not undergo hypnosis. Decreased crying with hypnosis was the only…1 study · 29 participantsGRADE not reported

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Hypnosis for children undergoing dental treatment
2010 · Cochrane All outcomes
2010-06Not listedNot assessed
How reviews are matched to this question

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