Reactions to treatment debriefing among the participants of a placebo controlled trial

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Di Blasi, Zelda ^a,b   Crawford, Fay ^c   Bradley, Colin ^d   Kleijnen, Jos ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Dental Health Services Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPECTATION; HEEL PAIN; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TELEPHONE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HEEL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLACEBO EFFECT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; COMMUNICATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEEL; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLACEBO EFFECT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21844444083     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-30     Document Type: Review

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