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The Effect of Preoperative Suggestions on Perioperative Dreams and Dream Recalls

NCT01839201 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 270

Last updated 2013-04-26

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Summary

Hypothesis: By employing suggestions before the induction of narcosis dreams may be evoked and their content may be directed.

The main goal of suggestive techniques in the perioperative phase is to turn the content of dreams toward a favourable direction that is considered a pleasant event by the patient. So far little attention has been paid to the administration of perioperative psychological methods that may meet these requirements.

Along these lines, in the present study we intended to assess whether dream recalls can be influenced by two different psychological methods administered in the preoperative setting

Conditions

  • Dreamy State

Interventions

OTHER

control

No psychological intervention

OTHER

suggestion

In the suggestion group patients received suggestions evoking their images of favourite place at the time of narcosis induction.

OTHER

dreamfilm

In the dreamfilm group patients worked out the dreamfilm plan using a favourite place technique one day prior to surgery. At the induction of anesthesia the series of images prepared by suggestions was evoked.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Debrecen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Judit Gyulaházi, MD · University of Debrecen Medical and Health Science Center Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care 4032-Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt 98. Hungary Tel/fax: +36-52-255-347

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-11-30
Primary Completion
2011-01-31
Completion
2011-01-31

Countries

  • Hungary

Study Locations

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