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The objective of this review was to assess the effects of experimentally varied communication on clinical patients\u2019 pain.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Databases and data treatment<\/jats:title><jats:p>We searched in July 2012, 11 databases supplemented with forward and backward searches for (quasi\u2010) randomized controlled trials in which face\u2010to\u2010face communication was manipulated. We updated in June 2015 using the four most relevant databases (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CINAHL<\/jats:styled-content>, Cochrane Central, Psychinfo, PubMed).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Fifty\u2010one studies covering 5079 patients were included. The interventions were separated into three categories: cognitive care, emotional care, procedural preparation. In all but five studies the outcome concerned acute pain. We found that, in general, communication has a small effect on (acute) pain. 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