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Table 4 Approval and revisit behavior of patients explained by basic attributes

From: Patients’ acceptance of placebo antibiotics in Japan: a prescription for antimicrobial resistance

(a) Approval of ethical placebos

Category/variable

Active approval

Passive approval

Refusal

p value

Sex

 Male

345

69.8%

94

19.0%

55

11.1%

n.s

 Female

323

65.9%

109

22.2%

58

11.8%

Age groups

 20s

123

62.8%

46

23.5%

27

13.8%

n.s

30s

128

65.3%

46

23.5%

22

11.2%

 40s

142

72.1%

37

18.8%

18

9.1%

 50s

136

68.0%

42

21.0%

22

11.0%

 Over > 60

139

71.3%

32

16.4%

24

12.3%

Educational background

 Junior high school

12

60.0%

5

25.0%

3

15.0%

n.s

 High school

208

68.6%

59

19.5%

36

11.9%

 Junior college

64

74.4%

16

18.6%

6

7.0%

 University

268

66.0%

89

21.9%

49

12.1%

Graduate school

34

68.0%

9

18.0%

7

14.0%

 Vocational school

70

68.0%

25

24.3%

8

7.8%

 Technical college

12

80.0%

0

0.0%

3

20.0%

 Others

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

1

100.0%

(b) Revisit behavior of patients

Category/variable

Active approval

Passive approval

Refusal

p value

Sex

 Male

369

74.4%

106

21.4%

21

4.2%

n.s

 Female

345

70.6%

127

26.0%

17

3.5%

Age groups

 20s

133

66.5%

56

28.0%

11

5.5%

*

 30s

128

66.0%

56

28.9%

10

5.2%

 40s

151

75.9%

38

19.1%

10

5.0%

 50s

147

73.9%

48

24.1%

4

2.0%

 Over > 60

155

80.3%

35

18.1%

3

1.6%

Educational background

 Junior high school

12

63.2%

6

31.6%

1

5.3%

n.s

 High school

224

73.9%

65

21.5%

14

4.6%

 Junior college

68

78.2%

17

19.5%

2

2.3%

 University

284

70.3%

108

26.7%

12

3.0%

Graduate school

37

71.2%

11

21.2%

4

7.7%

 Vocational school

78

75.0%

23

22.1%

3

2.9%

 Technical college

11

73.3%

2

13.3%

2

13.3%

 Others

0

0.0%

1

100.0%

0

0.0%

  1. Chi-squared test
  2. *p < 0.05; n.s., not significant