Table 5.

Attitudes to different information about placebo treatment and attitudes to using a homoeopathic remedy depending on the physician's belief in homoeopathy.

Different information about placebo treatment		Yes, %	No, %	I do not know, %
Agreement to pure placebo plus indirect information	Patients	62	29	9
	Physicians	37	61	2
Agreement to pure placebo plus direct lie	Patients	42	50	8
	Physicians	7	90	2
Use of a homoeopathic remedy depending on physician's belief
Agreement with use of a homeopathic remedy by a physician believing in its specific effects	Patients	79	12	9
	Physicians	82	10	8
Agreement with use of a homeopathic remedy by a physician not believing in its specific effects	Patients	46	40	13
	Physicians	43	49	8

Solid brackets P<0.001 between groups by χ² test; dotted brackets P<0.001 between both items within groups (McNemar's χ² test, ‘yes’ and ‘no’ answers only). Patients: n = 405 to 412, physicians: n = 231. As for the homeopathy question, the patient and physician groups did not differ significantly. Patients: n = 410 to 412, physicians: n = 229 to 230. The total percentage may not equal 100 due to rounding.