TABLE 4.
Summary of citations investigating the association between psychological traits and state and increased side‐effect expectations; different studies are separated by semi‐colons
| Unadjusted | Adjusted | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Mixed association | No association | Association | Mixed association | No association | |
| Higher health anxiety | (30) study 1; (30) study 2; (50) | (28, 29) study 2; (30) study 3 | (84, 85) | |||
| Higher trait anxiety | (48) study 1 | (64);(89) | (47);(48) study 2; (54, 55) | (73) | (64) | |
| Higher state anxiety | (82) study 1 | (54, 55);(86) | ||||
| Higher depression/ combined anxiety and depression score | (49) | (47) | (49) | |||
| Optimism | (73);(84, 85) | |||||
| Negative beliefs about medicines—overuse | (49) | (49) | (84, 85) | |||
| Negative beliefs about medicines—harm | (49) | (84, 85) | ||||
| More concerns about treatment than beliefs about its necessity | (49) | (48) study 1; (48) study 2 | (49) | |||
| Negative beliefs about illness or pain | (49) | (83) | (49) | |||
| Increased fear of intervention/distress before intervention | (82) | (65) | (73) | |||
| Increased somatosensory amplification | (89) | (49) | ||||
| Increased decisional conflicts about treatment | (48) study 1 | (48) study 2 | ||||
| Style of dealing with medical information | (48) study 2 | (48) study 1 | ||||