{"title":"How side effects can improve treatment efficacy: a randomized trial","authors":"Lieven A. Schenk, Tahmine Fadai, Christian Büchel","doi":"10.1101/2023.11.22.23298877","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"While treatment side effects may adversely impact patients, they could also potentially function as indicators for effective treatment. In this study, we investigated whether and how side effects can trigger positive treatment expectations and enhance treatment outcomes.","PeriodicalId":501393,"journal":{"name":"medRxiv - Pain Medicine","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"medRxiv - Pain Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.22.23298877","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
While treatment side effects may adversely impact patients, they could also potentially function as indicators for effective treatment. In this study, we investigated whether and how side effects can trigger positive treatment expectations and enhance treatment outcomes.