Effects of likelihood framing on side effect expectations and nocebo side effects: Results from three experimental studies with a placebo analgesic cream. [PDF]
Br J Health PsycholAbstract Objectives This research examined whether different framings of the likelihood of side effects influence their occurrence in response to a placebo analgesic. Design Three independent experimental studies in non‐clinical samples were performed.
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Not so great expectations: The role of price and name information in the nocebo effect. [PDF]
Explor Res Clin Soc PharmBackground The perception of taking a generic medication can result in reduced efficacy and increased side effects, despite equivalence to brand name medications under double blind conditions.
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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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The nocebo effect as a source of bias in the assessment of treatment effects [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] [PDF]
F1000Research, 2019 The term nocebo effect refers to the harmful outcomes that result from people’s negative beliefs, anticipations, or experiences related to the treatment rather than the pharmacological properties of the treatment.
Karolina Wartolowska
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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
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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
Macleod-Hall CI, Munafò MR, Dyer ML.
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The nocebo effect in psychotherapy
Current Opinion in PsychologyThe nocebo effect, negative treatment outcomes arising from patient expectations, therapeutic context, or clinician communication, plays a possibly significant yet often underestimated role in psychotherapy.
Andrea W.M. Evers
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Communication in the ICU: An Unintended Nocebo Effect? [PDF]
J Patient ExpTo 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.
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Nonmedical Switching From Originators to Biosimilars: Does the Nocebo Effect Explain Treatment Failures and Adverse Events in Rheumatology and Gastroenterology? [PDF]
Rheumatology and Therapy, 2020 The act of nonmedical switching, defined as switching stable patients who are generally doing well with their current therapy from an originator biologic to its biosimilar, has been endorsed as a reasonable treatment strategy.
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