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Medical hypnosis versus structured relaxation as adjunct to pulmonary rehabilitation for anxiety in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (HYPNOBPCO_2): a cluster-randomised, active-comparator trial
2026-07-22
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<h4>Summary</h4> <h4>Background</h4> Anxiety affects 22–56% of patients with COPD. It is independently associated with increased exacerbations, readmissions, and mortality. Medical hypnosis transiently alleviates state anxiety in severe COPD, and attenuates experimentally-induced dyspnoea in healthy volunteers. We aimed to assess the efficacy of hypnosis as adjunct therapy for anxiety during Pulmonary Rehabilita...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 7d5c0b1d-281f-5cae-b144-ea790d2e4633
- DOI
- 10.64898/2026.07.20.26358482
