The effect of open-label placebo on anxiety, cortisol, and pain levels in children with procedural pain [PDF]
Frontiers in PediatricsPurposeNeedle-related procedures are painful experiences for hospitalized children and are associated with anxiety, pain and stress. Open-label placebos (i.e., placebos administered honestly as an inert substance) have recently been shown to be as ...
Anna Lena Friedel +8 more
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Open-Label-Placebos can reduce pain, but not indigestion during gluten challenge in chronic pain patients [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyBackgroundDietary interventions have become a management tool for chronic pain conditions over the past few decades. Certain diets, such as gluten-free diets, are perceived as particularly beneficial by patients, although there is no evidence to support ...
Lena Paschke-Dahl, Regine Klinger
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Informing the patient of the placebo option: an ethical necessity likely to reduce inappropriate psychotropic prescriptions? [PDF]
Therapeutic Advances in PsychopharmacologyThe growing interest in deprescribing drugs highlights the importance of re-evaluating prescriptions, but also of limiting inappropriate prescribing. This paper reflects on the ethical use of a placebo as a way of limiting inappropriate prescribing.
Fabrice Berna +5 more
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Efficacy of open-label placebos for premenstrual syndrome: a randomised controlled trial. [PDF]
BMJ Evid Based MedObjectiveTo investigate the efficacy and safety of open-label placebos (OLP) in premenstrual syndrome (PMS).DesignRandomised controlled trial.SettingSwitzerland, 2018–2020.Participants150 women (18–45 years of age) with PMS or premenstrual dysphoric disorder.InterventionRandom assignment (1:1:1) to treatment as usual (TAU), OLP without treatment ...
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Prescribing Placebos: An Experimental Examination of the Role of Dose, Expectancies, and Adherence in Open-Label Placebo Effects [PDF]
Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 2018 Recent evidence indicates that placebo effects can occur even when patients know that they are taking a placebo, termed the open-label placebo effect.To assess whether placebo dose (one pill per day vs. four pills per day), treatment expectancies, and adherence contribute to open-label placebo effects.Healthy undergraduate participants were randomly ...
El Brihi, J, Horne, R, Faasse, K
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Psychology Research and Behavior ManagementAnne Schienle, Arved Seibel Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Graz, Graz, AustriaCorrespondence: Anne Schienle, Email anne.schienle@uni-graz.atBackground: Open-label placebos (OLPs), honestly prescribed regarding their inert nature, have ...
Schienle A, Seibel A
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Open-label placebo effects on psychological distress and hair cortisol in a randomized controlled trial – the moderating role of the five-factor personality traits [PDF]
Comprehensive PsychoneuroendocrinologyObjectives: Open-label placebo (OLP) treatments have shown promising effects on various health outcomes, but evidence regarding physiological measures is still limited.
Carolin Liedtke +2 more
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Open-label placebos for low back pain: unresolved challenges and next steps [PDF]
Pain ManagementNicolas Pinsault +2 more
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Public and professional attitudes towards deceptive and open-label placebo in functional neurological disorder and wider neurological practice [PDF]
BMJ Neurology OpenBackground Placebo effects are powerful and have been suggested to be particularly relevant in certain neurological conditions, including functional neurological disorder (FND).Methods A survey on attitudes towards and current practice of deceptive ...
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Author Correction: Effects of open-label placebos in clinical trials: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Melina von Wernsdorff +3 more
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