Table 3 Approval and revisit behavior of patients who demand antibiotics for common cold
From: Patients’ acceptance of placebo antibiotics in Japan: a prescription for antimicrobial resistance
(a) Approval of ethical placebos | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Demands antibiotics for common cold | Active approval | Passive approval | Refusal | p value | |||
Yes/relatively, yes | 233 | 67.7% | 82 | 23.8% | 29 | 8.4% | n.s |
No/relatively, no | 313 | 67.7% | 84 | 18.2% | 65 | 14.1% | |
Do not know | 122 | 68.5% | 37 | 20.8% | 19 | 10.7% | |
(b) Revisit behavior of patients | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Demands antibiotics for common cold | Continue visiting | Change, if possible | Never revisit | p value | |||
Yes/relatively, yes | 248 | 71.7% | 90 | 26.0% | 8 | 2.3% | n.s |
No/relatively, no | 336 | 72.4% | 108 | 23.3% | 20 | 4.3% | |
Do not know | 130 | 74.3% | 35 | 20.0% | 10 | 5.7% | |