From: Patients’ acceptance of placebo antibiotics in Japan: a prescription for antimicrobial resistance
Category/variable | Continue visiting | Change, if possible | Never revisit | p value | |||
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Compliance | |||||||
Compliance with medication instructions (Q.12) | |||||||
Complies | 522 | 56.4% | 383 | 41.4% | 20 | 2.2% | ** |
Not always | 24 | 50.0% | 17 | 35.4% | 7 | 14.6% | |
Compliance to physicians’ instructions (Q.13) | |||||||
Complies | 662 | 75.1% | 201 | 22.8% | 19 | 2.2% | ** |
Not always/do not know | 52 | 50.5% | 32 | 31.1% | 19 | 18.4% | |
Understanding of physician explanations (Q.14) | |||||||
Satisfied | 509 | 77.8% | 130 | 19.9% | 15 | 2.3% | ** |
Not always satisfied | 169 | 63.8% | 80 | 30.2% | 16 | 6.0% | |
Health literacy | |||||||
Understanding of antibiotics (Q.19) | |||||||
Good | 349 | 75.5% | 99 | 21.4% | 14 | 3.0% | n.s |
Poor | 365 | 69.8% | 134 | 25.6% | 24 | 4.6% | |
Attitude toward influenza vaccination (Q.10) | |||||||
Positive | 257 | 72.0% | 89 | 24.9% | 11 | 3.1% | * |
Negative | 429 | 72.7% | 139 | 23.6% | 22 | 3.7% | |
Neither | 28 | 73.7% | 5 | 13.2% | 5 | 13.2% | |
Utilization of medicine notebooks (Q.9) | |||||||
Full use | 394 | 74.6% | 122 | 23.1% | 12 | 2.3% | * |
Not really | 320 | 70.0% | 111 | 24.3% | 26 | 5.7% | |
Health awareness | |||||||
Walking habit (Q.6) | |||||||
Yes/relatively, yes | 413 | 75.1% | 117 | 21.3% | 20 | 3.6% | n.s |
No/relatively, no | 245 | 70.4% | 91 | 26.1% | 12 | 3.4% | |
Neither/do not know | 56 | 64.4% | 25 | 28.7% | 6 | 6.9% | |
Awareness of health management (Q.5) | |||||||
Yes/relatively, yes | 397 | 73.0% | 132 | 24.3% | 15 | 2.8% | ** |
No/relatively, no | 253 | 74.6% | 73 | 21.5% | 13 | 3.8% | |
Neither/do not know | 64 | 62.7% | 28 | 27.5% | 10 | 9.8% | |
Experience with the denial of recommended examinations and treatment (Q.8) | |||||||
Yes/relatively, yes | 102 | 73.4% | 30 | 21.6% | 7 | 5.0% | ** |
No/relatively, no | 563 | 74.4% | 174 | 23.0% | 20 | 2.6% | |
Neither/do not know | 49 | 55.1% | 29 | 32.6% | 11 | 12.4% | |
Access to healthcare facilities | |||||||
Number of hospitals and clinics nearby (Q.3) | |||||||
More than > 10 | 221 | 73.2% | 69 | 22.8% | 12 | 4.0% | ** |
4–9 | 234 | 73.1% | 78 | 24.4% | 8 | 2.5% | |
1–3 | 207 | 73.4% | 68 | 24.1% | 7 | 2.5% | |
0 | 13 | 68.4% | 5 | 26.3% | 1 | 5.3% | |
Neither none of the above/do not know | 39 | 62.9% | 13 | 21.0% | 10 | 16.1% | |
Frequency of hospital/clinic visits (Q.4) | |||||||
Visiting a specific facility periodically | 291 | 76.4% | 80 | 21.0% | 10 | 2.6% | ** |
Visiting not periodically, but regularly | 107 | 74.8% | 31 | 21.7% | 5 | 3.5% | |
Visit convenient facilities as needed | 263 | 70.5% | 98 | 26.3% | 12 | 3.2% | |
Trying to avoid seeing a doctor | 52 | 60.5% | 23 | 26.7% | 11 | 12.8% | |
Easiness to take a sick leave (Q.7) | |||||||
Easy/relatively easy | 417 | 77.1% | 110 | 20.3% | 14 | 2.6% | ** |
Not easy/relatively not easy | 180 | 64.7% | 85 | 30.6% | 13 | 4.7% | |
Neither/do not know | 117 | 70.5% | 38 | 22.9% | 11 | 6.6% |