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This study examined physiotherapy patients' beliefs and behaviors about hypnosis, their hypnotic suggestibility levels, and the relationships among these factors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This cross-sectional study included voluntary adult participants aged 18\u201370 years who presented to the physical medicine and rehabilitation outpatient clinics. Individuals with psychiatric disorders, cognitive impairment, poor general health, illiteracy, or incomplete data were excluded. Demographic characteristics were recorded, and participants were asked to complete the attitudes and beliefs toward hypnosis scale (VSABTH-T) and the Short Form of the Suggestibility Scale (SSS). The study evaluated participants' attitudes, beliefs, and levels of suggestibility, as well as the relationships among these variables. A significance level of\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.05 was accepted for all statistical analyses.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The study analyzed data from 399 participants (65.9% male, 34.1% female) with a mean age of 42.68 \u00b1 16.75 years. 75.4% of participants had limited knowledge, and 3.5% had hypnosis experience. Predominantly expressed concerns regarding hypnotic procedures were 86.2% fear, 61.9% emerging from hypnosis, 51.8% losing control, and 33.3% of the participants defined hypnosis as dangerous. Participants had a mean attitude and behavior score toward hypnosis of 107.21 \u00b1 15.8 and a mean hypnotizability score of 53.29 \u00b1 8.76. Although age, occupation, and income level showed very weak but statistically significant correlations with the total VSABTH-T scores (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.001), there was no correlation with total SSS scores (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;gt; 0.05). Attitudes toward hypnosis and hypnotic suggestibility are significantly affected by age, education, occupation, income, and particularly the level of knowledge about hypnosis (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.05). Total VSABTH-T and SSS scores were not correlated (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.069), although very weak associations were observed between subdimensions (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.05).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Physiotherapy patients demonstrated limited hypnosis knowledge and experience and misconceptions. Demographic factors showed weak associations with attitudes and suggestibility. 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