Knowledge Level and Beliefs of Emergency Department Patients and Their Relatives about Hypnosis and Their Attitudes towards Use of Hypnosis for Purposes of Sedation and Analgesia in Emergency Department

Aim: To evaluate the knowledge level and beliefs of emergency department patients and their relatives about hypnosis and their attitudes towards use of hypnosis for purposes of sedation and analgesia in emergency department.
Materials and Methods: The study was conducted as a two-center study. Total number of participants recruited into the study was 384. A questionnaire including socio-demographic features, sources of information, knowledge and beliefs about hypnosis and attitudes of the participants towards use of hypnosis in emergency department in different clinical scenarios was applied to the participants. Overall results of the total study sample and differences between various sub-groups were evaluated.
Results: Mean age of the participants was 34.27 years. Two hundred and sixteen (56.3%) participants were male. Television was the source of information with the highest effect on the knowledge of the participants about hypnosis. The participants were seen to mostly believe the myths about hypnosis. They preferred hypnosis only in the case of the existence or possibility of drug dependence (Mean±SD= 3.78±1.979).
Conclusion: The participants were mostly misled by improper sources of information so they were seen to be reluctant to prefer hypnosis in all clinical scenarios other than the existence or possibility of drug dependence.