Longitudinal assessment and clinical implications of treatment expectations in an outpatient pain centre: evaluation of the GEEE in patients with chronic pain
Liv Henrich, Lukas A Basedow, Dustin Maser, Katharina Schmidt, Ulrike Bingel, Winfried Rief · 2026
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Liv Henrich and five co-authors test a rating scale for treatment expectations in people with chronic pain in a 2026 study. What patients expect shapes how well pain care works, yet expectations are hard to measure across the many kinds of care a pain center offers. The scale under review, called GEEE, asks about past care, hopes for new care, and felt effects in one form.
The team followed 219 patients at a German outpatient pain center over sixteen weeks. Early checks supported the scale: hopes for improvement moved against fears of decline, and bad past care colored current hopes. The study also tracked whether hopes at the start foretold pain and disability later, testing the scale's real clinic worth.
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| CREATOR | Liv Henrich, Lukas A Basedow, Dustin Maser, Katharina Schmidt, Ulrike Bingel, Winfried Rief |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |