Litegebew Yitayeh Gelaw, Aschalew Afework Bitew, Eneyew Mebratu Gashey, Misrak Neway Ademe
Ceftriaxone resistance among patients at GAMBY teaching general hospital
Scientific reports
outcome expectancy important component nonspecific effect may play important role pain research clinical care sought evaluate whether pretreatment expectancy predicts pain reduction cancer survivors receiving electroacupuncture ea battlefield acupuncture bfa analyzed data randomized clinical trial compared ea bfa versus wait list control wlc chronic musculoskeletal pain cancer survivors expectancy measured acupuncture expectancy scale aes baseline pain severity assessed using brief pain inventory bpi baseline week 12 treatment arm multivariable regression models used evaluate association pretreatment expectancy week 12 pain severity controlling baseline pain severity age sex race education among 360 participants enrolled mean age 621 years sd 127 251 697 women 88 244 nonwhite survivors pretreatment expectancy similar groups baseline ea 139 36 bfa 132 37 wlc128 33 p 014 greater pretreatment expectancy significantly associated greater pain reduction group adjusting covariates ea coef 005 95 ci 014 004 p 028 bfa coef 007 95 ci 016 002 p 015 wlc coef 009 95 ci 025 006 p 023 pretreatment expectancy predict pain reduction either ea bfa cancer survivors study contributes interpretation analgesic effects ea bfa beyond notion mere placebo effect