Publications

 

 

Less stick more carrot? Increasing the uptake of deposit contract financial incentives for physical activity: A randomized controlled trial | Psychology of Sport and Exercise - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102532.

De Buisonjé, D. R., Reijnders, T., Cohen-Rodrigues, T. R., Santhanam, P., Kowatsch, T., Breeman, L. D., Janssen, V. R., Kraaijenhagen, R. A., Kemps, H. M. C. & Evers, A. W. M. (2024)

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The role of self-reported and physiological stress in nocebo hyperalgesia | Biological Psychology - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2024.108818.

Skvortsova, A., Meeuwis, S.H., Derksen, S., Kerkkänen, K., Sutter, E., Evers, A.W.M., & Veldhuijzen, D.S.

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Optimizing placebo and minimizing nocebo effects through communication: e-learning and virtual reality training development | BMC Medical Education - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05671-0.

Westendorp, J., Van Vliet, L. M., Meeuwis, S. H., Hartman, T. C. O., Sanders, A. R. J., Jutten, E., Dirven, M., Peerdeman, K. J., & Evers, A.W.M.

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Development and validation of the General attitude towards Medication Questionnaire (GAMQ) | BMC Psychology - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-02108-7.

Peerdeman, K.J., Tekampe, J., Van Middendorp, H., Van Laarhoven, A. I. M., Rippe, R. C. A., Peters, M. L., Evers, A.W.M.

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Nocebo hyperalgesia and other expectancy-related factors in daily fibromyalgia pain: Combining experimental and electronic diary methods. | Journal Of Psychosomatic Research - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2024.111676.

Karacaoglu, M., Peerdeman, K. J., Karch, J. D., Van Middendorp, H., & Evers, A. W. M. (2024)

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Public Health, Behavioural Medicine, and eHealth Technology. | In eHealth Research Theory and Development (2nd edition, pp. 85–99). - https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003302049-7.

Crutzen, R., Van Der Vaart, R., Evers, A. W. M., & Bode, C. (2024)

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How should uncertainty about upcoming painful procedures be communicated? An experimental study into highly uncertain pain predictions. | Patient Education and Couseling - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2023.108008.

Myronenko, A., van der Velde, P., Derksen, S.M.J.C., Peerdeman, K.J. (2024)

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EADV Task Force Pruritus White Paper on chronic pruritus and chronic prurigo: Current challenges and future solutions. | Journal of The European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. - https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.20102.

Ständer, S., Pereira, M. P., Zeidler, C., Legat, F. J., Misery, L., Lönndahl, L., Bewley, A. P., Brenaut, E., Bobko, S., Elberling, J., Evers, A. W. M., Garcovich, S., Gieler, U., Gonçalo, M., Kupfer, J., Lambert, J., Lvov, A., Metz, M., Michenko, A., . . . Augustin, M. (2024)

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Mindfulness Effects on Anxiety: Disentangling the Role of Decentering and Treatment Expectations | Behaviour Therapy - 10.1016/j.beth.2024.03.004.

Bos, D. P. A., Keesman M., Roggeveen, A., Vase, L., Evers, A. W. M., Peerdeman, K. J.

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Open-label placebo hypoalgesia: what works for whom under which circumstances. | Pain. - 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003109.

Evers A.W.M. 

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Placebo procedures in the operating room: necessary or an unnecessary risk for the patient | Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde - https://www.ntvg.nl/artikelen/placeboprocedures-de-operatiekamer.

Evers, A.W.M., Van Lennep, J.P.A., & Ten Broek, R.P.G.

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Can Pharmacological Conditioning as an Add-On Treatment Optimize Standard Pharmacological Treatment in Patients with Recent-Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis? A Proof-of-Principle Randomized Clinical Trial | Pharmaceuticals - https://doi.org/10.3390/ph17010110.

Manaï, M., Van Middendorp, H., Van Der Pol, J.A., Allaart, C.F., Dusseldorp, E., Veldhuijzen, D.S., Huizinga, T.W.J., & Evers, A.W.M.

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Expectancies and avoidance: Towards an integrated model of chronic somatic symptoms | Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105808.

Nadinda, P.G., van Laarhoven, A.I.M., van den Bergh, O., Vlaeyen, J.W.S., Peters, M.L., Evers, A.W.M.

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The Optimal Learning Cocktail for Placebo Analgesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Individual and Combined Techniques. | The Journal of Pain - 10.1016/j.jpain.2023.07.009.

Van Lennep, J.H.P.A., van Middendorp, H., Veldhuijzen, D.S., Peerdeman K.J., Blythe J.S., Thomaidou, M.A., Heyman, T., Evers, A.W.M. (2023)

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Susceptibility to Nocebo Hyperalgesia, Dispositional Optimism, and Trait Anxiety as Predictors of Nocebo Hyperalgesia Reduction. | The Clinical Journal of Pain - 10.1097/AJP.0000000000001112.

Karacaoglu, M., Meijer, S., Peerdeman, K.J., Dusseldorp, E., Jensen, K.B., Veldhuijzen, D.S., van Middendorp, H., Evers, A.W.M. (2023)

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The effect of clinician-expressed empathy in advanced cancer on different ethnic groups: results from an experimental video-vignette study. | Journal of Palliative Medicine - 10.1089/jpm.2022.0602.

Van Vliet, L.M., Stouthard, J., Gröschel L., & Meijers, M. (2023)

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Hydrocortisone to reduce dexamethasone-induced neurobehavioral side-effects in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia-results of a double-blind, randomised controlled trial with cross-over design | Eur J Cancer. Apr 7;187:124-133 - 10.1016/j.ejca.2023.03.039.

van Hulst, A.M., van den Akker, E.L.T., Verwaaijen, E.J., Fiocco, M., Rensen, N., van Litsenburg, R.R.L., Pluijm, S.M.F., Zwaan, C.M., van Santen, H.M., Pieters, R., Evers, A.W.M., Grootenhuis, M.A., van den Heuvel-Eibrink, M.M. (2023)

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Setting the agenda for health communication research: Topics and methodologies | Patient Education and Counseling - 10.1016/j.pec.2022.10.349.

Finset, A., Papageorgiou, A., Menichetti, J., Sterie, A., Yan, S. & van Vliet, L.M. (2023)

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Learned nocebo effects on cutaneous sensations of pain and itch: A systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental behavioral studies on healthy humans | Psychosomatic Medicine - 10.1097/PSY.0000000000001194.

Thomaidou, M.A., Blythe, J.S., Peerdeman, K.J., van Laarhoven, A.I.M., Van Schothorst, M.M.E., Veldhuijzen, D.S., & Evers, A.W.M. (2023)

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Efficacy of open-label counterconditioning for reducing nocebo effects on pressure pain | European Journal of Pain - 10.1002/ejp.2112.

Meijer, S., Karacaoglu, M., van Middendorp, H., Veldhuijzen, D.S., Jensen, K.B., Peerdeman, K.J., & Evers, A.W.M. (2023)

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How to cope with the nocebo effects of statins? | Nederlands Tijdschrift Geneeskunde - .

Lafeber, M., Evers, A.W.M., & Klok, F.A. (2023)

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Electrophysiological markers for anticipatory processing of nocebo-augmented pain. | Plos One - 10.1371/journal.pone.0288968.

Blythe, J.S., Peerdeman, K.J., Veldhuijzen, D.S., Karch, J.D., Evers, A.W.M. (2023)

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Influencing the Insulin System by Placebo Effects in Patients With Diabetes Type 2 and Healthy Controls: A Randomized Controlled Trial. | Psychosomatic medicine - https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000001216.

Skvortsova, A., Veldhuijzen, D. S., van Dillen, L. F., Zech, H., Derksen, S. M. J. C., Sars, R. H., Meijer, O. C., Pijl, H., & Evers, A. W. M. (2023)

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Nocebo Hyperalgesia in Patients With Fibromyalgia and Healthy Controls: An Experimental Investigation of Conditioning and Extinction Processes at Baseline and 1-Month Follow-up. | The journal of pain - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2023.05.003.

Karacaoglu, M., Peerdeman, K. J., Numans, M. E., Stolk, M. R., Meijer, S., Klinger, R., Veldhuijzen, D. S., van Middendorp, H., & Evers, A. W. M. (2023)

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Recommendations for the development, implementation, and reporting of control interventions in efficacy and mechanistic trials of physical, psychological, and self-management therapies: the CoPPS Statement. | BMJ - 10.1136/bmj-2022-072108.

Hohenschurz-Schmidt, D., Vase, L., Scott, W., Annoni, M., Ajayi, O. K., Barth, J., et al. (2023)

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Good versus bad news consultations in advanced breast cancer: the role of empathy in information recall - an observational study | BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care - 10.1136/spcare-2022-003938.

Van Vliet, L.M., Leeuwenburgh, M., Westendorp J., van Dulmen, S., de Jong, P., Stouthard, J. (2023)

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Psychological Distress and Self-Management in CKD: A Cross-Sectional Study. | Kidney Medicine - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xkme.2023.100712.

Cardol, C. K., Meuleman, Y., Van Middendorp, H., Van Der Boog, P. J., Hilbrands, L. B., Navis, G., Sijpkens, Y. W., Sont, J. K., Evers, A. W. M., & Van Dijk, S. (2023)

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Itch-Related avoidance and attentional biases in patients with psoriasis? | Journal of Investigative Dermatology - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2023.02.032.

Nadinda, P. G., Van Laarhoven, A. I. M., Evers, A., Maas, J., & Van Beugen, S. (2023)

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Methodological innovations to strengthen evidence-based serious illness communication. | Pat Educ Couns - 10.1016/j.pec.2023.107790.

Sanders, J., Blanch-Hartigan, D., Ericson, J., Tarbi, E., Rizzo, D., Gramling, R., van Vliet, L.M. (2023)

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Quality of Recovery after day care surgery with app controlled Remote Monitoring: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. | Trials - 10.1186/s13063-023-07121-6.

Thiel, B., Godfried B., van Emst, M.E., Vernooij, L.M., van Vliet, L.M., Rumke, E., Gerrits, W., van Dongen, R., Koopman, S., Kalkman, C. (2023)

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Using expert opinion rounds to develop valid and realistic manipulations for video-vignette research: Results from a study on clinicians’ (un)reasonable argumentative support for treatment decisions in neonatal care. | Pat Educ Couns - 10.1016/j.pec.2023.107715.

Labrie, N., Kunneman, M., van Veenendaal, N., van Kempen, N., van Vliet, L.M. (2023)

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Counterconditioning as Treatment to Reduce Nocebo Effects in Persistent Physical Symptoms: Treatment Protocol and Study Design. | Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 1-11. - doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.806409.

Meijer, S., van Middendorp, H., Peerdeman K.J. & Evers A.W.M. (2022).

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Predictors of Persistent Somatic Symptoms in the General Population: A systematic review of cohort studies | Psychosom Med. - 10.1097/PSY.0000000000001145.

Kitselaar, W.M., van der Vaart, R., Perschl, J., Numans, M.E., Evers, A.W.M. (2022)

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A randomized pharmacological fMRI trial investigating d-cycloserine and brain plasticity mechanisms in learned pain responses. | Scientific Reports - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23769-7.

Thomaidou, M.A., Blythe, J.S., Veldhuijzen, D.S., Peerdeman, K.J., van Lennep, J.H.P.A, Giltay, E.J., Cremers, H.R., Evers, A.W.M. (2022)

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Mind your words: Oncologists' communication that potentially harms patients with advanced cancer: A survey on patient perspectives. | Cancer, 128(5):1133-1140. - doi:10.1002/cncr.34018.

Westendorp, J., Evers, A.W.M., Stouthard, J., Budding, J., Van der Wall, E., Plum, N., Velting, M., Francke, A.L., Van Dulmen, S., Olde Hartman, T.C., & Van Vliet, L.M. (2022).

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No preconscious attentional bias towards itch in healthy individuals. | PLOS ONE - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273581.

Becker, J. M., Holle, H., van Ryckeghem, D. M. L., Van Damme, S., Crombez, G., Veldhuijzen, D. S., Evers, A. W. M., Rippe, R. C. A. & van Laarhoven, A. I. M. (2022)

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Integrating Placebo Effects in General Practice: A Cross-Sectional Survey to Investigate Perspectives From Health Care Professionals in the Netherlands | Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12 - doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.768135.

Smits, R., Veldhuijzen, D.S., Van Middendorp, H., Van Der Heijden, M.J.E., Van Dijk, M. & Evers, A.W.M. (2022).

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Acute Itch Induces Attentional Avoidance of Itch-related Information. | Acta Dermato-Venereologica - https://doi.org/10.2340/actadv.v102.1626.

Etty, S., George, D. N., Van Laarhoven, A. I., & Holle, H. (2022)

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Can placebo and nocebo effects generalize within pain modalities and across somatosensory sensations? | Pain, 163(3), 548-559. - doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002390.

Weng, L., Peerdeman, K. J., Della Porta, D., van Laarhoven, A. I., & Evers, A. W. (2022).

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Conditioning of the Cortisol Awakening Response: Study Protocol | JMIR Preprints - 10.2196/38087.

Wolters, F., van Middendorp, H., van den Bergh, O., Biermasz, N.R., Meijer, O.C. & Evers, A.W.M. (2022)

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Do individual psychological characteristics predict induction and generalization of nocebo and placebo effects on pain and itch? | Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13 - 0.3389/fpsyt.2022.838578.

Weng, L., van Laarhoven, A.I.M., Peerdeman, K.J. & Evers, A.W.M. (2022)

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Increasing Effectiveness of a Physical Activity Smartphone Intervention With Positive Suggestions: Randomized Controlled Trial | Journal of Medical Internet Research - doi:10.2196/32130.

Skvortsova, A., Cohen Rodrigues, T., De Buisonjé, D., Kowatsch, T., Santhanam, P., Veldhuijzen, D.S., Van Middendorp, H., & Evers, A.W.M. (2022)

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Can contagious itch be affected by positive and negative suggestions? | Experimental Dermatology - 10.1111/exd.14663.

Meeuwis, S.H., Skvortsova, A., van Laarhoven, A.I.M., Holle, H. & Evers, A.W.M. (2022)

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Possible alleviation of symptoms and side effects through clinicians’ nocebo information and empathy in an experimental video vignette study. | Scientific Reports, 12, 16112 - 10.1038/s41598-022-19729-w.

Meijers, M.C., Stouthard, J., Evers, A.W.M., Das, E., Drooger, H.J., Jansen, S.J.A.J., Francke, A.L., Plum N., Wall, E. van der, Nestoriuc, Y., Dusseldorp, E., & Van Vliet, L.M. (2022)

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Placebo effects on cutaneous pain and itch: a systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental results and methodology | PAIN - 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002820.

Blythe, J.S, Thomaidou, M.A., Peerdeman, K.J., van Laarhoven, A.I.M., van Schothorst, M.M.E., Veldhuijzen, D.S., & Evers, A.W.M. (2022)

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Possible alleviation of symptoms and side effects through clinicians’ nocebo information and empathy in an experimental video vignette study | Sci Rep - 10.1038/s41598-022-19729-w..

Meijers, M.C., Stouthard, J., Evers, A.W.M., Das, E., Drooger, H.J., Jansen, S., Franke, A.L., Plum, E., van der Wall, E., Nestoriuc, Y., Dusseldorp, Y., van Vliet, L.M. (2022)

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Temporal structure of brain oscillations predicts learned nocebo responses to pain | Scientific Reports - doi:10.1038/s41598-021-89368-0.

Thomaidou, A.M., Blythe, J.S., Houtman, S.J., Veldhuijzen, D.S., Van Laarhoven, A., & Evers, A.W.M. (2021).

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Associations Between Interindividual Differences, Expectations and Placebo and Nocebo Effects in Itch | Frontiers in Psychology, 12 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.781521.

Meeuwis, S. H., van Middendorp, H., Veldhuijzen, D. S., & Evers, A.W.M. (2021)

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An experimental investigation into the mediating role of pain-related fear in boosting nocebo hyperalgesia | PAIN - doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002017.

Thomaïdou, A.M., Veldhuijzen, D.S., Meulders, A. & Evers, A.W.M. (2021)

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The power of clinician-expressed empathy to increase information recall in advanced cancer care; an observational study in clinical care exploring the mediating role of anxiety. | Patient and Educ Couns. - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2020.10.025.

Westendorp, J., Stouthard, J., Meijers, M. C., Neyrinck, B. A. M., de Jong, P., van Dulmen, S., & van Vliet, L. M. (2021)

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Measuring the success of blinding in placebo-controlled trials: Should we be so quick to dismiss it? | Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 135, 176-181 - 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.02.022.

Webster, R. K., Bishop, F., Collins, G. S., Evers, A. W. M., Hoffmann, T., Knottnerus, J. A., Lamb, S. E., Macdonald, H., Madigan, C., Napadow, V., Price, A., Rees, J. L., & Howick, J. (2021)

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Nocebo Effects on Cowhage-evoked Itch: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Classical Conditioning and Observational Learning | Acta Dermato-Venereologica - doi:10.2340/00015555-3723.

Blythe, J.S., Peerdeman, K.J., Veldhuijzen, D.S., van Schothorst, M.M.E., Thomaïdou, M.A., Van Laarhoven, A.I.M., & Evers, A.W.M. (2021)

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Predicting health-related quality of life in dialysis patients: Factors related to negative outcome expectancies and social support. | Patient Education and Counseling - doi:10.1016/j.pec.2020.11.019.

Tommel, J., Evers, A.W.M., Van Hamersvelt, H.W., Jordens, R., Van Dijk, S., Hilbrands, L.B., & Van Middendorp, H. (E-HELD Study Group). (2021).

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Food anticipatory hormonal responses: A systematic review of animal and human studies | Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 126, 447-464 - 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.03.030.

Skvortsova, A., Veldhuijzen, D. S., Kloosterman, I. E., Pacheco-López, G., & Evers, A. W. M. (2021)

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Addressing challenges in information provision: a qualitative study among oncologists and women with advanced breast cancer. | BMC Palliative Care 20(142) - 10.1186/s12904-021-00836-w.

Van Vliet, L.M., Meijers, M.C., van Dulmen, S., Van der Wall, E., Plum, N., Stouthard, J. & Francke, A.L. (2021)

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Consensus on Placebo and Nocebo Effects Connects Science with Practice:” Reply to “Questioning the Consensus on Placebo and Nocebo Effects | Psychotherapy and psychosomatics, 1-2 - 10.1159/000514435.

Evers, A.W.M., Colloca, L., Blease, C., Gaab, J., Jensen, K. B., Atlas, L. Y., Beedie C.J, Benedetti F., Bingel, U., Büchel, C., Bussemaker, J., Colagiuri, B., Crum, A.J., Finniss, D.G., Geers, A.L., Howick, J., Klinger, R., Meeuwis, S.H., Meissner, K., Napadow, V., Petrie, K.J., Rief W., Smeets I., Wager T.D., Wanigasekera, V., Vase, L., Kelley, J.M., Kirsch, I. (2021)

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Pre-consultation information about one’s physician can affect trust and treatment outcome expectations. | Patient Education and Counseling - 10.1016/j.pec.2020.07.021.

Peerdeman, K. J., Hinnen, C., van Vliet, L. M., & Evers, A. W. M. (2021)

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How Negative Experience Influences the Brain: A Comprehensive Review of the Neurobiological Underpinnings of Nocebo Hyperalgesia | Frontiers in neuroscience, 15, 326 - 10.3389/fnins.2021.652552.

Thomaidou, M. A., Peerdeman, K. J., Koppeschaar, M. I., Evers, A. W., & Veldhuijzen, D. S. (2021)

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Expectancies as predictors of symptom improvement after antimicrobial therapy for persistent symptoms attributed to Lyme disease. | Clinical Rheumatology - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-021-05760-1.

van Middendorp, H., Berende, A., Vos, F.J., Ter Hofstede, H.H.M., Kullberg, B.J., & Evers, A.W.M. (2021)

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Explaining placebo effects in an online survey study: Does ‘Pavlov’ ring a bell? | PLoS One, 16, e0247103 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0247103.

Smits, R.M., Veldhuijzen, D.S., Olde Hartman, T., Peerdeman, K.J., Van Vliet, L.M., Van Middendorp, H., Rippe, R.C.A., Wulffraat, N.M., & Evers, A.W.M. (2021)

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Case-control study of patient characteristics, knowledge of the COVID-19 disease, risk behaviour and mental state in patients visiting an emergency room with COVID-19 symptoms in the Netherlands. | PLOS ONE - 10.1371/journal.pone.0249847.

Van der Valk, J.P.M., Heijboer, F.W.J., Van Middendorp, H., Evers, A.W.M., & In ’t Veen, J.C.C.M. (2021)

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Underpredicting pain: an experimental investigation into the benefits and risks. | Pain - 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002199.

Peerdeman, K.J., Geers, A.L., Della Porta, D., Veldhuijzen, D.S., & Kirsch, I. (2021)

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Attentional Bias Modification Training for Itch: A Proof-of-Principle Study in Healthy Individuals. | Frontiers in Medicine - https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.627593.

Van Laarhoven, A. I. M., Becker, J. M., Van Ryckeghem, D. M. L., Van Damme, S., Crombez, G., & Wiers, R. W. H. J. (2021)

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Hoe kennis over placebo-en nocebo-effecten kan bijdragen aan een betere gezondheidszorg. | Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Dermatologie en Venereologie - .

Evers, A.W.M. & Peerdeman, K.J. (2021)

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Addressing challenges in information-provision: a qualitative study among oncologists and women with advanced breast cancer. | BMC Palliative Care - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-021-00836-w.

Van Vliet, L. M., Meijers, M. C., van Dulmen, S., van der Wall, E., Plum, N., Stouthard, J., & Francke, A. L. (2021)

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Placebo effects in low back pain; a systematic review and meta‐analysis of the literature | European Journal of Pain - 10.1002/ejp.1811.

van Lennep, J. P. A., Trossèl, F., Perez, R. S. G. M., Otten, R. H. J., van Middendorp, H., Evers, A. W. M., & Szadek, K. M. (2021).

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Induction and generalization of nocebo effects on itch | Experimental Dermatology - doi: 10.1111/exd.14522.

Weng, L., van Laarhoven, A.I.M., Peerdeman, K.J. & Evers, A.W.M. (2021).

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Open- and Closed-Label Placebo and Nocebo Suggestions About a Sham Transdermal Patch. | Psychosomatic Medicine - doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000862.

Meeuwis, S.H., Van Middendorp, H., Lavrijsen, A., Veldhuijzen, D.S., & Evers, A.W.M. (2021)

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The different faces of empathy in cancer care: From a desired virtue to an evidence-based communication process. | Cancer - https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.33833.

Van Vliet, L. M., & Back, A. L. (2021)

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Effects of oxytocin on placebo and nocebo effects in a pain conditioning paradigm: a randomized controlled trial | The Journal of Pain 21(3-4): 430-439 - 10.1016/j.jpain.2019.08.010.

Skvortsova A. Veldhuijzen D.S. Van Middendorp H. Colloca L. Evers A.W.M. (2020)

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Goede communicatie kan de zorg een boost geven | Medisch Contact 7: 34-36 - .

Bussemaker, J., Evers, A.W.M., Smeets, I. (2020)

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Optimizing healthy food preferences by serious gaming | Psychology & Health 35(4): 405-424 - 10.1080/08870446.2019.1675657.

Schakel, L., Veldhuijzen, D.S., Manaï, M., Van Beugen, S., Van der Vaart, R., Van Middendorp, H., Evers, A.W.M. (2020)

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Effects of oxytocin administration and conditioned oxytocin on brain activity: An fMRI study | PLoS ONE 15(3): e0229692 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0229692.

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Placebo Effects in the Neuroendocrine System: Conditioning of the Oxytocin Responses | Psychosomatic Medicine 82(1): 47-56 - 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000759.

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Attentional Bias Towards Visual Itch and Pain Stimuli in Itch- and Pain-free Individuals? | Acta dermato-venereologica - https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-3537.

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What Should Clinicians Tell Patients about Placebo and Nocebo Effects? Practical Considerations Based on Expert Consensus | Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 90(1): 49-56 - 10.1159/000510738.

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Patients' and Clinicians' Perceptions of Clinician-Expressed Empathy in Advanced Cancer Consultations and Associations with Patient Outcomes. | Palliative medicine reports - https://doi.org/10.1089/pmr.2020.0052.

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Pharmacological conditioning for juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a potential solution to reduce methotrexate intolerance | Pediatric Rheumatology 18: e12 - 10.1186/s12969-020-0407-5.

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TIDieR-Placebo: A guide and checklist for reporting placebo and sham controls | PLoS Medicine 17(9): e1003294 - 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003294.

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Placebo Effects of Nurses' Communication alongside Standard Medical Care on Pain and Other Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Clinical Tonsillectomy Care. | Psychotherapy and psychosomatics - https://doi.org/10.1159/000503904.

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Conditioning cortisol in healthy young women – A randomized controlled trial | Psychoneuroendocrinology, 124, 105081 - 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.105081.

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Learning mechanisms in nocebo hyperalgesia: the role of conditioning and extinction processes | PAIN 161(7): 1597-1608 - 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001861.

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Cognitive processing of itch and pain: the role of attention and expectations. | Wolters Kluwer - Book Chapter.

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Pharmacological conditioning in the treatment of recent-onset rheumatoid arthritis : A randomized controlled trial study protocol | Trials 21(1): 15 - 10.1186/s13063-019-3777-6.

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Placebo and nocebo effects for itch and itch-related immune outcomes: a systematic review of animal and human studies | Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 113: 325-337 - 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.03.025.

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European Headache Federation recommendations for placebo and nocebo terminology | Journal of Headache and Pain 21: 117 - 10.1186/s10194-020-01178-3.

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Conditioning cortisol in humans: Design and pilot study of a randomized controlled trial | Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 5: 9 - 10.1186/s40814-018-0382-5.

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What is new in the psychology of chronic itch? | Experimental Dermatology, 28(12), 1442-1447 - 10.1111/exd.13992.

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Optimizing audiovisual itch induction: the role of attention and expectancy. | British Journal of Dermatology - https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.18596.

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Placebo and nocebo effects on itch: a review of experimental methods. | Itch - 10.1097/itx.0000000000000027.

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The use of expectancy and empathy when communicating with patients with advanced breast cancer; an observational study of clinician-patient consultations | Frontiers in Psychiatry - 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00464.

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Inadequate description of placebo and sham controls in a systematic review of recent trials | European Journal of Clinical Investigation, 49(11): e13169 - 10.1111/eci.13169..

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Placebo and nocebo effects across symptoms: from pain to fatigue, dyspnea, nausea, and itch. | Frontiers in Psychology - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00470.

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Antipruritic placebo effects by conditioning H1-antihistamine | Psychosomatic Medicine, 81(9), 841-850 - 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000743.

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Effectiveness of stress-reducing interventions on the response to challenges to the immune system: a meta-analytic review | Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 88(5), 274-286 - 10.1159/000501645.

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Can verbal suggestions strengthen the effects of a relaxation intervention? | PLoS ONE, 14(8): e0220112 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0220112.

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Conditioned hormonal responses: a systematic review in animals and humans | Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 52, 206-218 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yfrne.2018.12.005.

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Implications of placebo and nocebo effects for clinical practice: Expert consensus | Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 87, 204-210 - 10.1159/000490354.

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Als we er maar in geloven - De werkzaamheid van antidepressiva | Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 28, 18-20 - .

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Human pharmacological conditioning of the immune and endocrine system: challenges and opportunities | In L. Colloca (Ed.), International Review of Neurobiology - Neurobiology of the Placebo Effect Part 1 - Volume 138 (pp. 61-80). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Academic Press. - 10.1016/bs.irn.2018.01.002.

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Placebo- und Noceboeffekte bei Pruritus | Hautarzt - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00105-018-4211-9.

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Stress and sensitization in chronic pain | In P. Karoly & G. Crombez, Motivational Perspectives on Chronic Pain: Theory, Research and Practice (Chapter 5). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780190627898 - .

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Attentional processing of itch | Psychological Research, 82(5), 876-888 - 10.1007/s00426-017-0878-2.

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Placebo effects of open-label verbal suggestions on itch. | Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 98(2), 268-274 - 10.2340/00015555-282.

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How to prevent, minimize, or extinguish nocebo effects in pain: A narrative review on mechanisms, predictors, and interventions. | Pain Reports, 4(3), e699 - 10.1097/PR9.0000000000000699.

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Expectations about the effectiveness of pain- and itch-relieving medication administered via different routes | European Journal of Pain, 22, 774-783 - 10.1002/ejp.1163 *joint first authorship.

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Nocebo effects and scratching behaviour on itch | Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 98(10), 943-950 - 10.2340/00015555-2979.

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Role of personality traits in reporting the development of adverse drug reactions: a prospective cohort study of the Estonian general population | BMJ Open, 8: e022428 - 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022428.

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Enhancing placebo effects in somatic symptoms through oxytocin | Psychosomatic Medicine, 80(4), 353-360 - 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000571.

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The role of placebo effects in immune-related conditions: mechanisms and clinical considerations | Expert Review of Clinical Immunology, 14(9), 761-770 - 10.1080/1744666X.2018.1516144.

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Specifying the effects of physician's communication on patients' outcomes: A randomised controlled trial. | Patient education and counseling - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2017.03.009.

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Do Tonic Itch and Pain Stimuli Draw Attention towards Their Location? | BioMed Research International - https://doi.org/10.1155.

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Examining the effects of enhanced provider–patient communication on postoperative tonsillectomy pain: protocol of a randomised controlled trial performed by nurses in daily clinical care. | BMJ Open - https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015505.

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Attentional processing of itch. | Psychological Research - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-017-0878-2.

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Minimizing nocebo effects by conditioning with verbal suggestion: A randomized clinical trial in healthy humans. | PlOS ONE - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182959.

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Placebo and Nocebo Effects on Itch: Methodological and Clinical Implications. | Pruritus - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33142-3_14.

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An Integrative Review of the Influence of Expectancies on Pain. | Frontiers in Psychology - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01270.

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Communication with older, seriously ill patients. | Clinics in geriatric medicine - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cger.2015.01.007.

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What do people appreciate in physicians' communication? An international study with focus groups using videotaped medical consultations. | Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy - https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.12097.

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Current state of the art and science of patient-clinician communication in progressive disease: patients' need to know and need to feel known. | Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2014.56.0425.

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Reducing patients' anxiety and uncertainty, and improving recall in bad news consultations. | Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association - https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000097.

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The power of clinicians' affective communication: how reassurance about non-abandonment can reduce patients' physiological arousal and increase information recall in bad news consultations. An experimental study using analogue patients. | Patient education and counseling - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2013.12.022.

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Explicit prognostic information and reassurance about nonabandonment when entering palliative breast cancer care: findings from a scripted video-vignette study. | Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2012.45.5865.

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Role of Attentional Focus on Bodily Sensations in Sensitivity to Itch and Pain. | Acta Dermato Venereologica - https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-0743.

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