METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF A PLACEBO RESPONSE IN AN INDIVIDUAL

摘要

The current invention concerns a method for predicting a placebo response in an individual, comprising collecting data via—querying said individual on personality and health traits; and/or—performing one or more social learning and/or (bio)physical tests on said individual; characterized in that said data is used in a mathematical model stored on a computer for computing a correlation between the input data, thereby attributing a Scoring Factor to said individual, whereby said Scoring Factor is a measure of propensity to raise a placebo response and/or a measure of the intensity of said response.

主权项

1. A method for predicting a placebo response in an individual, comprising:
receiving input data based on responses to a first set of questions querying said individual on personality and health traits; characterizing a personality trait from a plurality of the responses from said questions, said personality trait forming part of the input data; using a mathematical model stored on a computer for computing a correlation between the input data, using the correlation to attribute a Scoring Factor to said individual, whereby said Scoring Factor is a measure of propensity to raise a placebo response and/or a measure of the intensity of said response, determining a reduced number of personality traits by using a feature selection technique to determine a reduced set of questions; and modifying the mathematical model to use the reduced number of personality traits.