Redelmeier et al., 2003: Leaving colonscope in rectum for additional three minutes increased likelihood of agreement for another examination among patients after five years
Reference:
Redelmeier, D. A., Katz, J., & Kahneman, D. (2003). Memories of colonoscopy: a randomized trial. Pain, 104(1-2), 187-194.
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Based on the theory that people’s evaluations of experiences are disproportionately shaped by the end of experiences, modifying a colonoscopy by leaving the tip of the colonoscope in patients’ rectums for up to an additional three minutes without moving it reduced patients’ recalled pain and, at a median of 5.3 years follow-up, increased the likelihood patients agreed to have another colonoscopy if needed by 41%, controlling for medical circumstances.
Psychological Process:
What Desired Meaning is At Stake?
What is the Person Trying to Understand?
Selves (My Own and Others')Approach to Desired Meaning
What about it?
Changing beliefs about emotions, states, and the valence of the self-conceptHow?
Psychological Question Addressed
Are current or upcoming emotions, states, and experiences negative and undermining?Are current or upcoming emotions, states, and experiences negative and undermining?Psychological Question Addressed
Are current or upcoming emotions, states, and experiences negative and undermining?Psychological Process 2:
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Social Area:
Health
Intervention Technique:
Prompting by altering situations