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ey0015.14-12 | The ‘nocebo’ effect: psychogenic but truly harmful | ESPEYB15

14.12 Adverse events associated with unblinded, but not with blinded, statin therapy in the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial-Lipid-Lowering Arm (ASCOT-LLA): a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial and its non-randomised non-blind extension phase

A Gupta , D Thompson , A Whitehouse , T Collier , B Dahlof , N Poulter , R Collins , P Sever , Investigators ASCOT

To read the full abstract: Lancet 2017;389:2473-2481We are all familiar with the ‘placebo’ effect, when the psychological anticipation of a ‘benefit’ of treatment is so strong that it adds to or even outweighs the actual physical benefits. Many doctors have even admitted to prescribing placebo tablets, or “sugar pills” to their patients, for exam...

ey0017.10-10 | (1) | ESPEYB17

10.10. ‘I’m essentially his pancreas’: Parent perceptions of diabetes burden and opportunities to reduce burden in the care of children <8 years old with type 1 diabetes

PV Commissariat , KR Harrington , AL Whitehouse , KM Miller , ME Hilliard , M Van Name , DJ DeSalvo , WV Tamborlane , BJ Anderson , LA DiMeglio , LM Laffel

To read the full abstract: Pediatr Diabetes. 2020 Mar;21(2):377–383. doi: 10.1111/pedi.12956. PMID: 31808586Across all age groups, management of type 1 diabetes (T1DM) places substantial workload, responsibility and emotional burden, such as worries and stress, on families. This study explored parent perceptions of the burdens of caring for very young children with T1DM. Semi-structured qu...