EFFECT OF DIFFERENT THERAPEUTIC SUGGESTIONS PRESENTED DURING ANESTHESIA ON POSTOPERATIVE COURSE

A double-blind, randomized study was conducted to examine the effect o f different types of therapeutic suggestions, administered during gene ral anaesthesia, on post-operative course. Eighty-two patients undergo ing cholecystectomy were intra-operatively exposed to either affirmati ve and non-affirmative suggestions, affirmative or non-affirmative sug gestions separately, or some irrelevant text. Patients who had receive d both affirmative and non-affirmative suggestions spent less time in hospital than patients in the other three groups. No significant diffe rences were demonstrated for subjective well-being measured on the thi rd and sixth days.