Diseases that resolve spontaneously can increase the belief that ineffective treatments work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4886353 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fernando Blanco (0000-0001-6339-3460), Helena Matute (0000-0001-7221-1366, Universidad de Deusto) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 255 |
| Pages | 113012 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science & Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113012 |
| PMID | 32387871 |
| OpenAlex | W3019065045 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
We conclude that self-limited diseases can produce strong overestimations of effectiveness for treatments that actually produce no effect. This has practical implications for preventative and primary health services. The data and materials that support these experiments are freely available at the Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/xt3z9/). https://bit.ly/2FMPrMi
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