Presenting a sham treatment as personalised increases the placebo effect in a randomised controlled trial

Background: Tailoring interventions to patient subgroups can improve intervention outcomes for various conditions. However, it is unclear how much of this improvement is due to the pharmacological personalisation versus the non-specific effects of the contextual factors involved in the tailoring pro...

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Main Authors: Dasha A Sandra, Jay A Olson, Ellen J Langer, Mathieu Roy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2023-07-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/84691