https://www.selleckchem.com/products/pf-06650833.html ation numberCRD42019146439. Patients' expectations-as a central mechanism of placebo and nocebo effects-are an important predictor of health outcomes. However, the lack of a way to assess expectations across different settings restricts progress in understanding the role of expectations and to quantify their importance in medical and psychological treatments. The aim of this study was to develop a theory-based, generic, multidimensional measure assessing patient expectations of medical and psychological treatments. The Treatment Expectation Questionnaire (TEX-Q) was developed based on the integrative model of expectations and a systematic literature review of treatment expectation scales. After creating a comprehensive item pool, the scale was further refined by use of expert ratings and patient interviews. Patients were recruited in primary care at two hospitals in Hamburg, Germany. 13 scientific experts participated in the expert survey. 11 patients waiting for psychological or surgical treatments participated in the qualitatialidation. The TEX-Q is a generic, multidimensional measure to assess patient expectations of medical and psychological treatments and allows comparison of the impact of multidimensional expectations across different conditions. The final TEX-Q will be available after psychometric validation. The aim of the study was to analyse and understand meanings and senses of living with tuberculosis for health professionals. This is an interpretative phenomenological study conducted from in-depth interviews to analyse how health professionals understand their personal experience of tuberculosis. Two reference health institutions for tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment located in a municipality of the Eastern Brazilian Amazon. Intentional sample of 15 health professionals with the disease or with a recent history of tuberculosis. Regarding the personal experience of tuberculosis of the participating