通过健康结果的nocebo效应:系统性审查和元分析
Tessa Rooney1, Louise Sharpe1, Jemma Todd1
1School of Psychology, University of Sydney.
概括
负面期望加剧症状的nocebo效应是一个重大问题. 这次审查量化了它对健康结果的影响,发现它适用于体质问题,但不适用于认知表现.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 临床医学 临床医学
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 由于治疗背景而导致的负面症状恶化所导致的nocebo效应是越来越令人担忧的临床问题.
- 虽然在各种疾病中被确定,但缺乏对健康结果中nocebo效应的系统量化.
研究的目的:
- 系统地审查和对nocebo文献进行元分析.
- 量化nocebo效应在各种健康结果中的大小.
- 检查调节因素,如诱导过程,治疗类型和健康结果.
主要方法:
- 在PubMed,PychInfo,Medline和Web of Science进行了系统的搜索.
- 包括130项独立研究,共有8219名参与者.
- 利用nocebo和对照组之间的比较方法来隔离效果大小.
主要成果:
- 总体的nocebo效应大小为中等 (g = 0.522) 具有显著的异质性.
- 健康结果和诱导过程成为关键调节者.
- 对于体的结果和影响,观察到中等的nocebo效应,对认知表现没有显著的影响.
结论:
- 在体质健康结果中,nocebo效应是可靠的诱导.
- 针对教学效应的干预措施对于减轻nocebo现象至关重要.
- 了解和管理nocebo效应对于优化临床护理至关重要.
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