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The effect of Hypnotherapy-based interventions on improving women’s experience of pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum: A narrative review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2023

F. Seitz ,
M. Pourasghar  and
J. Ganji
F. Seitz*
Affiliation:
M.Sc. Student, Counseling in Midwifery, Student Research Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
M. Pourasghar
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatric and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
J. Ganji
Affiliation:
Department of Reproductive and Midwifery Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran, Islamic Republic Of
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Hypnotherapy has been increasingly used in recent years in healthcare, with several applications during pregnancy, labor, birth and the postpartum.

Objectives

This review was performed to assess the effects of Hypnotherapy before, during and after pregnancy.

Methods

A narrative review methodology using keywords determined by the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) thesaurus was adopted in this study. For this purpose, the databases of PubMed, Scopus,Web of Science, GoogleScholar, and Scientific Information Database (SID) were searched using the keywords of “Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, Pregnancy, Labor, and Childbirth ” from March11 to April 5, 2022; and finally, the related articles published from 2000 to 2022 were retrieved.

Results

According to the findings, the effects ofHypnotherapy on pregnancy and delivery and postpartumoutcomes were classified into several categories as the following: Hypnotherapy-based interventions improve childbirth experience, with less anxiety, increased satisfaction, fewer birth interventions, more postnatal well-being and better childbirth experience overall. Hypnotherapy may reduce the overall use of analgesia during labour, but not epidural use.Hypnotherapy intervention during pregnancy aided in reducing physical and psychological symptoms during pregnancy.

Conclusions

With reference to the related literature on this subject matter, women can safely pursue hypnotherapy during pregnancy, labor, birth and the postpartum. Hypnotherapy can be presented as a technique enabling patients to have a positive birth experience; however, high quality trials are needed to demonstrate its complete efficacy.

Disclosure of Interest

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European Psychiatry , Volume 66 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 31st European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2023 , pp. S951
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