Comment on How To Practice Placebo-Based Physiotherapy by Kenji.
Hi Chris,
Yes, I totally agree that transparency should be placed above ceremony!
My thought is…
For example, if a high-quality study showed that A 6-week program of exercise X for people with anterior knee pain has a large effect compared to no treatment (SMD 3.01; 95% CI 1.51 to 4.0) on VAS , I would tell patients something like “If you do exercise X, your knee pain level will be on average around 3/10 lower than you do nothing 6 weeks later according to the scientific research”
This is I believe one good way of giving them autonomy of the care they receive and let them decide what they are going to do.
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Hi Chris,
Great reading and I agree with you.
But do you have any thoughts on sharing the (honest) estimated effect size of the intervention with patients?
please let me hear your opinion about this.
Thank you Chris