Placebo effect studies are susceptible to response bias and to other types of biases

Asbjørn Hróbjartsson; Ted J Kaptchuk; Franklin G Miller

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.01.008

Placebo effect studies are susceptible to response bias and to other types of biases

Asbjørn Hróbjartsson, Ted J Kaptchuk, Franklin G Miller

Institut for Klinisk Medicin

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Abstract

Investigations of the effect of placebo are often challenging to conduct and interpret. The history of placebo shows that assessment of its clinical significance has a real potential to be biased. We analyze and discuss typical types of bias in studies on placebo.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Vol/bind	64
Udgave nummer	11
Sider (fra-til)	1223-9
Antal sider	7
ISSN	0895-4356
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.01.008
Status	Udgivet - 2011

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