Framing and personalizing informed consent to prevent negative expectations: An experimental pilot study.

Sarah R HeisigMeike C Shedden-MoraPablo HidalgoYvonne Nestoriuc

Published in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (2015)

This is the first study to provide evidence for optimized treatment expectations through altered informed consent strategies. The results emphasize that framing and personalizing informed consent can positively influence treatment expectations and reduce decisional conflicts. However, generalizations are impaired by the study's pilot character. The potential to prevent nocebo responses in clinical practice should be analyzed. (PsycINFO Database Record

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