Attention placebo control in randomized controlled trials of psychosocial interventions: Theory and practice

Trials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Popp, Lukka ^a   Schneider, Silvia ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention placebo control; Ethics; Psychosocial intervention; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION PLACEBO CONTROL; CONTROL GROUP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARENTING EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; GERMANY; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PATIENT DROPOUT; PATIENT SELECTION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF HELP;

PLACEBO;

EDUCATION, NONPROFESSIONAL; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PEER GROUP; PLACEBOS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 84928165683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-0679-0     Document Type: Letter

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