| Methods | RCT | |
| Participants | Fifty terminally ill cancer patients who were referred for palliative care; Greek | |
| Interventions | Hypnosis, including induction, suggestions for symptom management and ego‐strengthening, and post hypnotic suggestions for comfort and maintenance of the therapeutic benefits (30‐minutes four weekly sessions) | |
| Outcomes | Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale, Rotterdam Symptom Checklist (four weeks after the start of the treatment) | |
| Notes | Quality score: 9 It is reported that the therapy improved depression | |
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | B ‐ Unclear |
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