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The Influence of Doctor-patient Communication on Treatment Expectation, Placebo and Nocebo Response

NCT03949816 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2019-05-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a patient-centered compared to doctor-centered communication style of a physician influences the treatment expectation and the placebo and nocebo response in healthy individuals.

Conditions

  • Healthy Participants

Interventions

OTHER

medical consultation: different doctor-patient-centered style of communication

Different doctor-patient communication

OTHER

information letter / no medical consultation

In the control treatment participants receive all information about the herbal medical product in an information letter but have no contacted with the simulated doctor.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Philipps University Marburg

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Winfried Rief, PhD · Philipps-University Marburg, Faculty psychology, department clinical psychology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-05-20
Primary Completion
2019-10-20
Completion
2019-11-01

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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