Psychological distress, perceived stress and nocebo effect (multifood adverse reaction) in irritable bowel syndrome patients [PDF]
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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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 that cannot be explained by the treatment's pharmacologic effects.
Colloca L.
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Did a Nocebo Effect Contribute to the Rise in Special Education Enrollment Following the Flint, Michigan Water Crisis? [PDF]
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.
Roy S, Petrie KJ, Gamble G, Edwards MA.
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Communication in the ICU: An Unintended Nocebo Effect? [PDF]
To identify medical phrases utilized by the critical care team that may have an unintended impact on the critically ill patient, we administered an anonymous survey to multi-professional critical care team members. We elicited examples of imprecise language that may have a negative emotional impact on the critically ill. Of the 1600 providers surveyed,
Riestra Guiance I+11 more
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Informing About the Nocebo Effect Affects Patients’ Need for Information About Antidepressants—An Experimental Online Study [PDF]
Relevance: Understanding patients’ informational needs and adapting drug-related information are the prerequisites for a contextualized informed consent. Current information practices might rather harm by inducing nocebo effects.Objective: To investigate
Yvonne Nestoriuc+6 more
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Minimizing Drug Adverse Events by Informing About the Nocebo Effect—An Experimental Study [PDF]
Relevance: Informing patients about potential adverse events as part of the informed consent may facilitate the development of nocebo-driven drug adverse events (nocebo side effects).Objective: To investigate whether informing about the nocebo effect ...
Yiqi Pan+4 more
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The nocebo effect of drugs. [PDF]
AbstractWhile the placebo effect has been studied for a long time, much less is known about its negative counterpart, named the nocebo effect. However, it may be of particular importance because of its impact on the treatment outcomes and public health. We conducted a review on the nocebo effect using PubMed and other databases up to July 2014.
Planès S, Villier C, Mallaret M.
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Differential Classical Conditioning of the Nocebo Effect: Increasing Heat-Pain Perception without Verbal Suggestions [PDF]
Background: Nocebo effects, including nocebo hyperalgesia, are a common phenomenon in clinical routine with manifold negative consequences. Both explicit expectations and learning by conditioning are known to induce nocebo effects, but the specific role ...
Anne-Kathrin Bräscher+7 more
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Mitigating the Nocebo Effect in Biosimilar Use and Switching: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
Background 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 ...
Car E+6 more
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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]
Some 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
Macleod-Hall CI, Munafò MR, Dyer ML.
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