Background Contextual effects (ie, placebo response) refer to all health changes resulting
from administering an apparently inactive treatment. In a randomized clinical trial (RCT), the …

Background Placebo treatments have been reported to help patients with many diseases,
but the quality of the evidence supporting this finding has not been rigorously evaluated …

Patients with chronic conditions make day-to-day decisions about—self-manage—their
illnesses. This reality introduces a new chronic disease paradigm: the patient-professional …

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Advances in research and the delivery of health care have reduced mortality from disease
and extended life expectancy in developed countries. We are living longer, but are we …

This study examined the effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on health-
related quality of life and physical and psychological symptomatology in a heterogeneous …

A previous meta-analysis of clinical analgesic trial studies showed generally low
magnitudes of placebo analgesia (N. Engl. J. Med. 344 (2001) 1594). However, as studies …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) mostly follows a painful, progressively disabling course, and
individuals with RA experience more psychological distress than healthy individuals. The …

Objective To assess the effect of a meditation training program, MindfulnessBased Stress
Reduction (MBSR), on depressive symptoms, psychological status, and disease activity in …

Objective To carry out a systematic review of the literature examining the efficacy of
psychological interventions (eg, relaxation, biofeedback, cognitive–behavioral therapy) in …