Placebo use in the United kingdom: results from a national survey of primary care practitioners. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Surveys in various countries suggest 17% to 80% of doctors prescribe 'placebos' in routine practice, but prevalence of placebo use in UK primary care is unknown.We administered a web-based questionnaire to a representative sample of UK general ...
Jeremy Howick +6 more
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The use of pure and impure placebo interventions in primary care - a qualitative approach [PDF]
BMC Family Practice, 2011 Background Placebos play an important role in clinical trials and several surveys have shown that they are also common in daily practice. Previous research focused primarily on the frequency of placebo use in outpatient care.
Senn Oliver +4 more
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Informed consent and placebo effects: a content analysis of information leaflets to identify what clinical trial participants are told about placebos. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BackgroundPlacebo groups are used in randomised clinical trials (RCTs) to control for placebo effects, which can be large. Participants in trials can misunderstand written information particularly regarding technical aspects of trial design such as ...
Felicity L Bishop +3 more
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Deceptive and open-label placebo effects in experimentally induced guilt: a randomized controlled trial in healthy subjects [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Placebos are known to yield significant effects in many conditions. We examined deceptive and open-label placebo effects on guilt, which is important for self-regulation and a symptom of mental disorders.
Dilan Sezer, Cosima Locher, Jens Gaab
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A discursive exploration of public perspectives on placebos and their effects [PDF]
Health Psychology Open, 2019 There is increasing evidence that placebos could be effective in clinical practice. However, knowledge of public perspectives on placebos is underdeveloped.
Doug I Hardman +4 more
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Use of placebo interventions among Swiss primary care providers [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2009 Background Placebo interventions can have meaningful effects for patients. However, little is known about the circumstances of their use in clinical practice.
Rosemann Thomas +3 more
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Teoría de la complejidad en la atención del paciente con dolor musculoesquelético
Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2022 Los sistemas no lineales no son susceptibles de ser investigados con métodos reduccionistas. En este sentido, la teoría de la complejidad ofrece un enfoque alternativo para cuantificar la importancia de los factores contextuales en el paciente con dolor ...
Mauro Andreu +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Placebo effects are known for numerous clinical symptoms. Until recently, deception of placebos was thought to be essential for placebo effects, but intriguing new studies suggest that even placebos without concealment (open-label placebos) may help ...
Michael Schaefer +2 more
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Effects of Open-Label Placebos on State Anxiety and Glucocorticoid Stress Responses
Brain Sciences, 2021 Stress belongs to the most frequent negative feelings people are confronted with in daily life. Strategies against acute stress include, e.g., relaxation techniques or medications, but it is also known that placebos can successfully reduce negative ...
Michael Schaefer +2 more
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Perception and practice of placebo use among physicians in Mangalore
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020 Background: Placebo use falls under two contexts: clinical care and research. In today's pharmacological era where treatment is available for almost all illnesses, there exists a lot of questions about the perceived efficacy and usage of placebos.
Ravinder Singh Aujla +3 more
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