From: Patients’ acceptance of placebo antibiotics in Japan: a prescription for antimicrobial resistance
(a) Approval of ethical placebos | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
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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% |