Training positive expectations for health: Verbal suggestion versus imagery.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- The study will be conducted in a sample of healthy volunteers.
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON20989
- Lead Sponsor
- Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 116
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age above 18 years;
2. Fluent in Dutch language.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Severe physical or psychological morbidity (e.g., heart and lung diseases, or DSM-IV psychiatric disorders) that would adversely affect participation;
2. Chronic pain, itch, or fatigue complaints, allergic rhinitis or asthma at present or in the past;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary endpoint of this study is the effectiveness of the expectation manipulations in affecting sensitivity to pain, itch, and fatigue, i.e., the difference between the conditions in sensitivity to pain, itch, and fatigue (standardized sum score) after the expectation manipulations, as rated on visual analogue scales (VAS).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Physiological responses (e.g., heart rate and skin conductance) and the role of individual characteristics (e.g., optimism) are explored.