Placebo interventions for all clinical conditions
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Placebo interventions for all clinical conditions.
BACKGROUND Placebo interventions are often claimed to improve patient-reported and observer-reported outcomes, but this belief is not based on evidence from randomised trials that compare placebo with no treatment. OBJECTIVES To assess the effect of placebo interventions. SEARCH STRATEGY We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (The Cochrane Library Issue 4, ...
متن کاملPlacebo interventions, placebo effects and clinical practice.
This article reviews the role of placebo interventions and placebo effects in clinical practice. We first describe the relevance of different perspectives among scientists, physicians and patients on what is considered a placebo intervention in clinical practice. We then summarize how placebo effects have been investigated in randomized controlled trials under the questionable premise that such...
متن کاملNursing interventions for patients with chronic conditions.
BACKGROUND Maintaining independence in older people or restoring and encouraging self-management in those with chronic conditions are ways of increasing health-related quality of life and at the same time may achieve cost savings. Nurses often carry out these types of interventions in follow-up home visits. AIMS To describe nursing interventions during home visits and their effects on people ...
متن کاملDetermining the clinical importance of treatment benefits for interventions for painful orthopedic conditions
The overarching goals of treatments for orthopedic conditions are generally to improve or restore function and alleviate pain. Results of clinical trials are generally used to determine whether a treatment is efficacious; however, a statistically significant improvement may not actually be clinically important, i.e., meaningful to the patient. To determine whether an intervention has produced c...
متن کاملMind-body interventions for gastrointestinal conditions.
This report may be used, in whole or in part, as the basis for development of clinical practice guidelines and other quality enhancement tools, or as a basis for reimbursement and coverage policies. Endorsement by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) or the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) of such derivative products may not be stated or implied. Preface The Agenc...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd003974.pub3