Hypnotic Communication in Cardiology: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Undergoing medical procedures, especially surgical ones, is a significant source of emotional stress for patients. Emotions like anxiety, fear, anger, and depression often accompany such experiences and can negatively impact clinical outcomes. Preoperative anxiety, in particular, affects nearly half of all surgical patients and can lead to complications such as hemodynamic instability, increased medication needs, and prolonged recovery times. Managing this emotional distress is therefore a priority. While pharmacological strategies are commonly used, growing attention is being given to non-drug interventions such as music, art, and play therapies. One such technique is hypnotic communication-a method that uses empathetic, suggestion-based language to influence emotional and physical states without formal hypnotic induction. This technique has roots in anesthesiology and has shown promis