Preventing adverse information effects on health outcomes: A self-affirmation intervention reduced information-induced cognitive decline in gastrointestinal cancer patients

Wendy Jacobs, Sanne B. Schagen, Mart Thijssen and Enny Das

Social Science & Medicine, 2019, vol. 226, issue C, 47-55

Abstract: Nocebo studies show that informing patients about treatment side effects can adversely impact expectancies and symptom reporting.

Keywords: The Netherlands; Cancer; Cognition; Self-affirmation; Adverse information effects; Nocebo; Stereotype threat; Stigma consciousness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.02.013

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