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The impact of expectancy on the efficacy of acupuncture treatment for postprandial distress syndrome: Secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial
Ist Teil von
Neurogastroenterology and motility, 2022-12, Vol.34 (12), p.e14447-n/a
Ort / Verlag
England: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Erscheinungsjahr
2022
Quelle
MEDLINE
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Background
Expectancy is an important source of the placebo effect. However, it is unclear whether this has an effect on the efficacy of acupuncture and sham acupuncture in the treatment of postprandial distress syndrome (PDS).
Aim
To evaluate the effects of high expectancy (HE) and low expectancy (LE) on the efficacy of acupuncture and sham acupuncture in the treatment of PDS.
Methods
This post hoc secondary analysis used data from our previous randomized controlled trial. Patients were, respectively, enrolled in the HE group and LE group according to expectancy assessments. The composite primary outcomes were the response rate and the elimination rate after 4 weeks of treatment. Expectancy was considered a factor affecting the efficacy of acupuncture treatment only if both primary outcomes achieved significance.
Results
For the acupuncture group, the response rate was 84.5% in the HE group and 78.8% in the LE group (p = 0.458), and the elimination rate was 32.1% in the HE group and 21.2% in the LE group (p = 0.241). For the sham acupuncture group, the response rate at week 4 was 52.3% in the HE group and 53.1% in the LE group (p = 0.936), and the elimination rate at week 4 was 23.1% in the HE group and 10.6% in the LE group (p = 0.090).
Conclusion
In this study, the response rate and elimination rate were higher in the high‐expectancy group, but no conclusive evidence was found for an association between expectancy and the efficacy of acupuncture and sham acupuncture.
This is an exploratory analysis to investigate patient expectancy during acupuncture and sham acupuncture treatment for postprandial distress syndrome (PDS) and to examine their relationship with clinical outcomes. Our findings suggest that the efficacy of acupuncture or sham acupuncture treatment in PDS was similar in patients with high and low expectancy.