Patients' acceptance of placebo antibiotics in Japan: a prescription for antimicrobial resistance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The generalized use of antibiotics has led to the emergence of bacteria which are resistant to antimicrobial agents. This stems in part from the patient's tendencies to seek antibiotics for diseases when not necessary. Hence, this article investigated patient acceptance of prescribing placebos as a substitute for unnecessary antibiotics in Japan, where physicians are under severe time constraints and are unable to offer explanations and persuade patients who demand unnecessary antibiotics prescription.

Methods

A web-based questionnaire was administered to assess patients' acceptance of the placebo treatment under informed consent. One thousand participants representing all genders and age-class were randomly selected from the online panel of a web-survey company.<

SUBMITTER: Ito A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9641938 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature