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3404502

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-9-21
pubmed:abstractText
A placebo effect on post-operative swelling was investigated as a possible model for studying psychological influences on recovery from surgery. 79 patients undergoing removal of impacted third-molars received one of five different procedures shortly after emerging from general anaesthetic. These included dentist-administered or placebo ultrasound (the latter given in two different ways to control for massage effects), untreated controls and a group instructed to apply facial massage to themselves. Pre- and post-operative measurements included trait and state-anxiety, coping style, emotional state, pain, plasma cortisol and facial swelling. Cortisol levels correlated with anxiety and avoidant coping. Post-operative anxiety was negatively correlated with pre-operative arousal. Neither coping nor emotional state was affected by the treatments, but swelling was reduced by a placebo effect of ultrasound. Cortisol levels also responded, apparently to an effect of massage. The coping and emotional factors which we measured here cannot, therefore, explain the effects of this psychological procedure on post-operative recovery.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0022-3999
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
197-205
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Reduction of post-operative swelling by a placebo effect.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Oral Surgery, Eastman Dental Hospital, London, U.K.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Controlled Clinical Trial