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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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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The impact of the nocebo effect on discontinuation of statin therapy due to myopathy in patients with cardiovascular disease – a review [PDF]
Introduction and purpose of review: Statins are widely used drugs in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, yet many patients experience side effects of statin use, mainly muscle symptoms, such as myopathy, which often lead to discontinuation of ...
Jakub Stanek+9 more
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What is the nocebo effect and does it apply to dentistry?-A narrative review. [PDF]
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 ...
Watanabe T+6 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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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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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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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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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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Choice and the nocebo effect: If a little is good, more is better?
Objective: Lack of choice over treatment may increase the nocebo effect, whereby unpleasant side effects can be triggered by the treatment context, beyond any inherent physiological effects of the treatment itself.
Kate Faasse+5 more
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