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- Title
Concept of true and perceived placebo effects.
- Authors
Ernst, E; Resch, K L
- Abstract
We often and wrongly equate the response seen in the placebo arm of a clinical trial with the placebo effect. In order to obtain the true placebo effect, other non-specific effects can be identified by including an untreated control group in clinical trials. A review of the literature shows that most authors confuse the perceived placebo effect with the true placebo effect. The true placebo effect is highly variable, depending on several factors that are not fully understood. A distinction between the perceived and the true placebo effects would be helpful in understanding the complex phenomena involved in a placebo response.
- Publication
BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 1995, Vol 311, Issue 7004, p551
- ISSN
0959-8138
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/bmj.311.7004.551