ArticleBMC surgery2016
A survey on beliefs and attitudes of trainee surgeons towards placebo.
Article in BMC surgery, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- How do US orthopaedic surgeons view placebo-controlled surgical trials? A pilot online survey study.Journal of medical ethics · 2024Article
- Using contextual factors to elicit placebo and nocebo effects: An online survey of healthcare providers' practice.PloS one · 2023Observational
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- How orthopedic surgeons view open label placebo pills: Ethical and effective, but opposed to personal use.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2021Article
- Factors Underlying Patient and Surgeon Willingness to Participate in a Placebo Surgery Controlled trial: A Qualitative Investigation.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2021Article
- Surgeons' behaviors and beliefs regarding placebo effects in surgery.Acta orthopaedica · 2021Article
- Optimizing the design of invasive placebo interventions in randomized controlled trials.The British journal of surgery · 2020Article
- Investigating Knowledge, Attitude, and Beliefs Regarding Placebo Interventions in Clinical Practice: A Comparative Study of Nursing and Medical University Students.Advances in medical education and practice · 2020Article
- Clinical relevance of contextual factors as triggers of placebo and nocebo effects in musculoskeletal pain.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2018Review
- Physical therapists' perspectives on using contextual factors in clinical practice: Findings from an Italian national survey.PloS one · 2018Article
- Putting placebos to the test.PLoS biology · 2017Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to investigate the beliefs and attitudes of trainee surgeons regarding placebo interventions, in surgical practice and in research, and to compare them to those of senior orthopaedic surgeons.
methodsAn invitation to participate in an online survey was sent to all the email addresses in the members' database of the British Orthopaedic Trainees Association (BOTA).
resultsAll 987 members of BOTA were invited to participate in the survey and 189 responded (19 %). The majority of trainees think that the placebo effect is real (88 %), has therapeutic benefits (88 %) and that placebo manipulations are permissible (98 %). Sixty per cent of respondents agree that placebo can be used outside of research, most commonly, to distinguish between organic and non-organic symptoms (36 %). Trainees are more likely than senior surgeons to use placebo for pain management (34 % vs. 12 %). They are mainly concerned about the risk of side effects associated with the use of placebo (80 %) and prefer placebo interventions with minimal invasiveness. Seventy-three per cent respondents would recruit patients into the proposed randomised controlled surgical trial.
conclusionsThe views regarding efficacy, permissibility and indications for placebo among trainees are similar to those of orthopaedic consultants. Orthopaedic trainees regard placebo as permissible and show willingness to recruit into placebo-controlled trials. However, they seem to have limited understanding of mechanisms of placebo effect and underestimate its ubiquity.
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