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Role of conditioning and verbal suggestion in placebo and nocebo effects on itch.

PLoS One · 2014 · PMC3960153 · PMID 24646924

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borderline significantp = 0.063so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)
Post hoc Dunnett tests comparing the experimental groups with the control group indicated a significant nocebo effect in the conditioning with verbal suggestion group ( p = 0.020), a borderline significant nocebo effect in the verbal suggestion group ( p = 0.063), and no significant nocebo effect in the conditioning group when compared with the control group (See Fig. 3 .).

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Verbal suggestion (without conditioning) elicited a marginally significant nocebo effect on itch when compared with a control procedure during the testing phase, and elicited a robust significant nocebo effect in the learning phase.

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