The influence of expectation on nondeceptive placebo and nocebo effects

H Wei, L Zhou, H Zhang, J Chen… - Pain Research and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
H Wei, L Zhou, H Zhang, J Chen, X Lu, L Hu
Pain Research and Management, 2018Wiley Online Library
Nondeceptive placebo has demonstrated its efficiency in clinical practice. Although the
underlying mechanisms are still unclear, nondeceptive placebo effect and nondeceptive
nocebo effect may be mediated by expectation. To examine the extent to which expectation
influences these effects, the present study compared nondeceptive placebo and nocebo
effects with different expectation levels. Seventy‐two healthy female participants underwent
a standard conditioning procedure to establish placebo and nocebo effects. Sequentially …
Nondeceptive placebo has demonstrated its efficiency in clinical practice. Although the underlying mechanisms are still unclear, nondeceptive placebo effect and nondeceptive nocebo effect may be mediated by expectation. To examine the extent to which expectation influences these effects, the present study compared nondeceptive placebo and nocebo effects with different expectation levels. Seventy‐two healthy female participants underwent a standard conditioning procedure to establish placebo and nocebo effects. Sequentially, participants were randomized to one of the four experimental groups—baseline (BL), no expectation intervention (NoEI), expectation increasing (EI), and expectation decreasing (ED) groups, to receive either no intervention or interventions through different verbal suggestions that modulated their expectation. Placebo and nocebo effects were established in all four groups after the conditioning phase. However, after disclosing the placebo and nocebo, the analgesic and the hyperalgesic effects only persisted in the EI group, when compared with the BL group. Our results provide evidence highlighting the critical role of increased expectation in nondeceptive placebo and nocebo effects. The finding suggests that open‐label placebo or nocebo per se might be insufficient to induce strong analgesic or hyperalgesic response and sheds insights into administrating open‐label placebo and avoiding open‐label nocebo in clinical practice.
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