EFFECT OF PATIENTS EXPECTATIONS ON RECOVERY FROM ACUTE TONSILLITIS
EFFECT OF PATIENTS EXPECTATIONS ON RECOVERY FROM ACUTE TONSILLITIS
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DOI:
10.1093/fampra/6.3.188
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发表时间:
1989-09-01
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影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
TIBBLIN, G
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作者:
OLSSON, B;OLSSON, B;TIBBLIN, G
To investigate whether the personal attention paid to a patient can affect his or her subjective recovery from acute tonsillitis, a controlled study was performed on 100 patients consulting a doctor for this disease. At the consultation a randomly assigned experimental group (n=50) was given more detailed information about the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis and also a more extensive physical examination than a control group (n=50). At a follow-up interview two days later significantly more of the experimental group felt that their symptoms had improved (P<0.005) than the control group, significantly more felt that the treatment had helped them (P<0.005) and significantly more felt they had received sufficient information about their illness and treatment (P<0.001). A deliberate attempt to maximize the expectation effect was thus shown to influence the clinical course of acute tonsillitis, recorded as the degree of subjective improvement.