Goldmeier D
St Mary's Hospital, London.
Sex Transm Infect. 1998 Jun;74(3):219-20. doi: 10.1136/sti.74.3.219.
In the confirmation of recurrences of genital herpes, patient defined disease reactivation and virological data hold the scientific high ground. The influence of the psyche on recurrence rates and perception of recurrences has been largely neglected and marginalised up to the present, possibly because research work in that area has been and continues to be of poor calibre. However, neglected psychological variables may render otherwise relevant clinical trials uninterpretable. Psychological aspects of counselling before testing for serum herpes simplex type 2 antibodies are also discussed.
在生殖器疱疹复发的确认中，患者定义的疾病再激活和病毒学数据占据科学制高点。直至目前，心理因素对复发率和复发认知的影响在很大程度上被忽视和边缘化了，这可能是因为该领域的研究工作一直以来且仍将持续质量欠佳。然而，被忽视的心理变量可能会使原本相关的临床试验变得无法解读。本文还讨论了在检测血清2型单纯疱疹抗体之前咨询过程中的心理方面问题。
