Winfried Rief
ORCID: 0000-0002-7019-2250
· 6 papers in corpus
observational
2026
Treatment expectations are central to psychotherapy outcomes but are typically assessed as a unidimensional construct focusing on anticipated improvement. This study investigated whether expectations of improvement, worsening, and side effe…
observational
2026
OBJECTIVES: There is evidence that treatment expectations predict treatment outcomes in pain management and other clinical conditions. However, translating these insights into clinical practice remains challenging: it is difficult to measur…
observational
2024
Assessment of treatment expectations in people with suspected endometriosis: A psychometric analysis
BACKGROUND: Treatment expectations influence clinical outcomes in various physical and psychological conditions; however, no studies have explored their role in endometriosis treatment. It is necessary to understand how these expectations c…
observational
2024
Background Treatment expectations influence clinical outcomes in various physical and psychological conditions; however, no studies have explored their role in endometriosis treatment. It is necessary to understand how these expectations c…
rct
2024
BACKGROUND: Several studies identified affect-regulatory qualities of deceptive placebos within negative and positive affect. However, which specific characteristics of an affect-regulatory framing impacts the placebo effect has not yet bee…
2022
AbstractBecause chronic pain has been poorly represented in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) despite its significant contribution to the burden of disease worldwide, the Internationa…