Table 5 Acceptance of the notice according to different variables
From: Patients’ acceptance of placebo antibiotics in Japan: a prescription for antimicrobial resistance
Category/variable | Active approval | Passive approval | Refusal | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Compliance | |||||||
Compliance with instructions for medication (Q.12) | |||||||
Complies | 389 | 72.4% | 98 | 18.2% | 50 | 9.3% | ** |
Not always | 279 | 62.4% | 105 | 23.5% | 63 | 14.1% | |
Compliance with physician instructions (Q.13) | |||||||
Complies | 616 | 69.8% | 183 | 20.7% | 83 | 9.4% | ** |
Not always/Do not know | 52 | 22.2% | 122 | 52.1% | 60 | 25.6% | |
Understanding of explanation by physicians (Q.14) | |||||||
Satisfied | 484 | 74.2% | 114 | 17.5% | 54 | 8.3% | ** |
Not always satisfied | 146 | 54.9% | 72 | 27.1% | 48 | 18.0% | |
Health literacy | |||||||
Understanding of Antibiotics (Q.19) | |||||||
Good | 320 | 69.0% | 107 | 23.0% | 37 | 8.0% | ** |
Poor | 348 | 66.9% | 96 | 18.5% | 76 | 14.6% | |
Attitude toward influenza vaccination (Q.10) | |||||||
Positive | 240 | 66.7% | 85 | 23.6% | 35 | 9.7% | n.s |
Negative | 399 | 68.3% | 112 | 19.2% | 73 | 12.5% | |
Neither/do not know | 29 | 72.5% | 6 | 15.0% | 5 | 12.5% | |
Utilization of medicine notebook (Q.9) | |||||||
Full use | 371 | 70.0% | 105 | 19.8% | 54 | 10.2% | n.s |
Not really | 297 | 65.4% | 98 | 21.6% | 59 | 13.0% | |
Health awareness | |||||||
Walking habit (Q.6) | |||||||
Yes/relatively, yes | 379 | 69.0% | 102 | 18.6% | 68 | 12.4% | n.s |
No/relatively, no | 232 | 66.7% | 82 | 23.6% | 34 | 9.8% | |
Neither/do not know | 57 | 65.5% | 19 | 21.8% | 11 | 12.6% | |
Awareness of health management (Q.5) | |||||||
Yes/relatively, yes | 367 | 67.6% | 111 | 20.4% | 65 | 12.0% | n.s |
No/relatively, no | 236 | 69.4% | 69 | 20.3% | 35 | 10.3% | |
Neither/do not know | 65 | 64.4% | 23 | 22.8% | 13 | 12.9% | |
Experience with the denial of recommended examinations and treatment (Q.8) | |||||||
Yes/relatively, yes | 367 | 67.6% | 111 | 20.4% | 65 | 12.0% | n.s |
No/relatively, no | 236 | 69.4% | 69 | 20.3% | 35 | 10.3% | |
Neither/do not know | 65 | 64.4% | 23 | 22.8% | 13 | 12.9% | |
Access to healthcare facilities | |||||||
Number of hospitals and clinics nearby (Q.3) | |||||||
> 10 | 207 | 69.0% | 56 | 18.7% | 37 | 12.3% | n.s |
4–9 | 224 | 70.2% | 58 | 18.2% | 37 | 11.6% | |
1–3 | 188 | 66.2% | 71 | 25.0% | 25 | 8.8% | |
0 | 10 | 50.0% | 8 | 40.0% | 2 | 10.0% | |
Neither none of the above/do not know | 39 | 63.9% | 10 | 16.4% | 12 | 19.7% | |
Frequency of hospital/clinic visits (Q.4) | |||||||
Visiting a specific facility periodically | 268 | 70.0% | 66 | 17.2% | 49 | 12.8% | ** |
Visiting not periodically, but regularly | 92 | 64.8% | 34 | 23.9% | 16 | 11.3% | |
Visit convenient facilities as needed | 259 | 69.8% | 82 | 22.1% | 30 | 8.1% | |
Trying to avoid seeing a doctor | 47 | 54.7% | 21 | 24.4% | 18 | 20.9% | |
Easiness to take a sick leave (Q.7) | |||||||
Easy/relatively easy | 377 | 69.6% | 107 | 19.7% | 58 | 10.7% | n.s |
Not easy/relatively not easy | 179 | 64.4% | 65 | 23.4% | 34 | 12.2% | |
Neither/do not know | 112 | 68.3% | 31 | 18.9% | 21 | 12.8% | |