Components of placebo effect: randomised controlled trial inpatients with irritable bowel syndrome
Components of placebo effect: randomised controlled trial inpatients with irritable bowel syndrome
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DOI:
10.1136/bmj.39524.439618.25
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发表时间:
2008-05-03
影响因子:
105.7
通讯作者:
Lembo, Anthony J.
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作者:
Kaptchuk, Ted J.;Kelley, John M.;Lembo, Anthony J.
Objective To investigate whether placebo effects can experimentally be separated into the response to three components-assessment and observation, a therapeutic ritual (placebo treatment), and a supportive patient-practitioner relationship-and then progressively combined to produce incremental clinical improvement in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. To assess the relative magnitude of these components.Design A six week single blind three arm randomised controlled trial.Setting Academic medical centre.Participants 262 adults (76% women), mean (SID) age 39 (14), diagnosed by Rome II criteria for and with a score of >= 150 on the symptom severity scale.Interventions For three weeks either waiting list (observation), placebo acupuncture alone ("limited"), or placebo acupuncture with a patient-practitioner relationship augmented by warmth, attention, and confidence ("augmented"). At three weeks, half of the patients were randomly assigned to continue in their originally assigned group for an additional three weeks.Main outcome measures Global improvement kale (range 1-7), adequate relief of symptoms, symptom severity score, and quality of life.Results At three weeks, scores on the global improvement scale were 3.8 (SID 1.0) v 4.3 (SD 1.4) v 5.0 (SID 1.3) for waiting list versus "limited" versus "augmented," respectively (P