Skip to main content

Table 4 Attribution of symptom improvement in the two treatment conditions

From: Patients’ experiences treated with open-label placebo versus double-blind placebo: a mixed methods qualitative study

 

Certainly other reasons

Probably other reasons

Probably treatment

Certainly treatment

Open-label

1

4

1

3

Double-blind

0

0

4

7

  1. The attribution categories were specified by quantitizing interview data. Only participants are included who reported any symptom improvement in the interview. The difference between the two groups is statistically significant (Χ2[3] = 8.28; p = .041)
Back to article page

BMC Psychology

ISSN: 2050-7283

Contact us