The impact of psychological factors on placebo responses in a randomized controlled trial comparing sham device to dummy pill

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-19

  Bertisch, Suzanne M ^a,b   Legedza, Anna R T ^c,d   Phillips, Russell S ^a,c   Davis, Roger B ^a,c,e,f   Stason, William B ^c   Goldman, Rose H ^c,f,g   Kaptchuk, Ted J ^c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Division for Research and Education   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^e Osher Research Center   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Expectancy; Placebo; Repetitive stress injury; Sham acupuncture

Indexed keywords

DUMMY PILL; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SHAM DEVICE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARM INJURIES; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PATIENTS; PLACEBO EFFECT;

EID: 60349107573     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.00942.x     Document Type: Article

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