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- Title
Aplicación de hipnosis al miedo al contagio por COVID-19 en un cuidador de paciente oncológico.
- Authors
Elvira, Tamara Redondo; Prado, Celia Ibáñez del; Cruzado, Juan Antonio; Ordi, Hector González; Ramírez, Pilar Capilla; Abad, Sara Barbas
- Abstract
Objective: Treatment of fear of contagion during the COVID-19 pandemic and the adaptation to the oncological disease through a multicomponent program that includes clinical hypnosis, in the main caregiver. Method: An intervention using clinical hypnosis to manage the fear of contagion during the process of caring for an oncological patient. Results: There is a reduction in anxiety symptoms, in relation to the fear of contagion, which allows the patient to address different situations without applying avoidant coping, using fear as a protection strategy against COVID-19. Insomnia problems were improved, reducing problems with conciliation insomnia, improving self-esteem and reinforcing self-concept. Conclusion: Hypnosis is revealed as a useful, fast and effective technique that allows to adequately manage anxiety symptoms within a multicomponent program.
- Subjects
TUMOR treatment; ANXIETY treatment; CANCER patient psychology; SELF-perception; FEAR; HYPNOTISM; PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; INSOMNIA; COVID-19 pandemic
- Publication
Psicooncologia, 2022, Vol 19, Issue 2, p319
- ISSN
1696-7240
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5209/psic.84043