What is the nocebo effect and does it apply to dentistry?—A narrative review [PDF]
J Oral Rehabil, 2022 Background Evidence for the nocebo effect, a phenomenon characterised by suboptimal treatment efficacy, worsening of symptoms, or the occurrence of adverse events caused by an individual’s negative treatment expectations, is growing across a multitude of
Takeshi Watanabe +6 more
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Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol, 2023 Adverse nocebo responses can cause harm to patients and interfere with treatment adherence and effects in both clinic practice and clinical trials. Nocebo responses refer to negative outcomes to active medical treatments in clinical trials or practice ...
L. Colloca
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Psychological distress, perceived stress and nocebo effect (multifood adverse reaction) in irritable bowel syndrome patients [PDF]
J Educ Health Promot, 2023 BACKGROUND: Psychological distress and perceived stress may complicate the clinical presentation, course, and treatment of patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders.
Hamid Nasiri-Dehsorkhi +3 more
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Editorial: The nocebo effect and its consequences for clinical trials and clinical practice [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2023 COPYRIGHT © 2023 Wartolowska, Colloca and Amanzio. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).
K. Wartolowska, L. Colloca, M. Amanzio
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Did a Nocebo Effect Contribute to the Rise in Special Education Enrollment Following the Flint, Michigan Water Crisis? [PDF]
Clin Psychol Eur, 2023 Background Exposure to waterborne lead during the Flint Water Crisis during April 2014-October 2015 is believed to have caused increased special education enrollment in Flint children.
Siddhartha Roy +3 more
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Mitigating the Nocebo Effect in Biosimilar Use and Switching: A Systematic Review [PDF]
Pharmaceut MedBackground In the context of biosimilar use and switching, a patient’s negative perception of a biosimilar might trigger a nocebo effect, where negative expectations unrelated to its pharmacologic action may lead to worsened symptoms, resulting in less ...
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Confirmation of COVID-19 infection status and reporting of Long COVID symptoms in a population-based birth cohort: No evidence of a nocebo effect [PDF]
J Health PsycholSome patients with COVID-19 develop symptoms after the acute infection, known as ‘Long COVID’. We examined whether or not confirmation of COVID-19 infection status could act as a nocebo, using data from questionnaires distributed to the Avon Longitudinal
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Exploratory study of nocebo effect in senior medical students. [PDF]
Health Psychol ResBackground Νocebo Effect is known to induce adverse symptoms after negative expectations which can be manifested on a physical and psychological level.
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Why Do I Get Side Effects? Personalized (N-of-1) Trials for Statin Intolerance and the Nocebo Effect [PDF]
Harv Data Sci Rev, 2022 The ability of statins to reduce the morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular disease has ensured that they are among the most prescribed drugs in modern medicine.
J. Howard, F. A. Wood, D. Francis
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Nocebo effect in multiple system atrophy: systematic review and meta-analysis of placebo-controlled clinical trials [PDF]
Neurol Sci, 2022 Background Nocebo effect is prevalent among neurological diseases, resulting in low adherence and treatment outcome. We sought to examine the nocebo effect in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in multiple system atrophy (MSA).
Ziwei Wang +3 more
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