Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41750007›Full record

ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Acceptance of Open-Label Placebos Is Linked to Holistic Health Beliefs and Thinking Styles.

Arved Seibel, Albert Wabnegger, Anne Schienle

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Arved SeibelClinical Psychology, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria.
Albert WabneggerClinical Psychology, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria.
Anne SchienleClinical Psychology, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-2173-6626

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Open-label placebos (OLPs) have demonstrated benefits across multiple conditions; however, the factors influencing their acceptance or rejection remain unclear. This study aimed to examine the relationship between willingness to take an OLP pill and variables such as thinking styles and health beliefs. We conducted an online survey in Austria with 326 participants (mean age = 33.5 years; 77% female; 57% university students). Given the divergent attitudes toward OLPs, we performed a binary logistic regression analysis (

Indexed as

acceptancehealth beliefsholisticopen-label placebothinking styles

Identifiers

PMID41750007
PMCPMC12937914

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.