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Systematic review suggests hypnosis reduces anxiety in students, indicating its potential role in addressing psychological disorders during the pandemic.
The pandemic situation can cause psychological disorders globally. The most frequent psychological impact is anxiety. Anxiety in students is caused by factors related to COVID-19, such as student interactions with someone diagnosed with COVID-19. Besides, student anxiety is also caused by online lectures, heavy learning assignments, and insufficient facilities of distance learning. One of the interventions used to reduce anxiety is hypnosis. Hypnosis is a therapy that affects a person's limbic system affecting the release of the hormones that can reduce stress. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of hypnosis to reduce anxiety in students. The research method used was a systematic review of students who experienced anxiety with research selection criteria using databases (Scopus, Science Direct, and Pubmed). The limitation of the journal was in the last 5 years starting from 2017-2021 in the area of Nursing, Psychology, Student, and Psychiatry with the keywords Anxiety, Student, Hypnosis, and COVID-19 Pandemic. The procedure of selecting and extracting data used the PICOT approach. From the result of reviewing 10 journals, it can be concluded that hypnosis can reduce anxiety.
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