Table 6.
Ethical and Legal Legitimacy of Using Pure Placebo
| Variable | Ethically Pure Placebo Consider as What? | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ineffective, N= 167 |
Deceiving, N=165 |
Legal Concerns, N=164 |
Used, N=163 |
Acceptable, N=167 |
Traditional Component, N=163 |
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| Agree | Nursing | 35 (21.0) | 22 (13.3) | 24 (14.6) | 30 (18.4) | 44 (26.3) | 29 (17.8) |
| Medical | 15 (9.0) | 17 (10.3) | 22 (13.4) | 48 (29.4) | 48 (28.7) | 30 (18.4) | |
| Total N (%) | 50 (29.9) | 39 (23.6) | 46 (28.0) | 78 (47.9) | 92 (55.1) | 59 (36.2) | |
| Uncertain | Nursing | 27 (16.2) | 39 (23.6) | 32 (19.5) | 37 (22.7) | 27 (16.2) | 37 (22.7) |
| Medical | 27 (16.2) | 28 (17.0) | 29 (17.7) | 20 (12.3) | 23 (13.8) | 32 (19.6) | |
| Total N (%) | 54 (32.3) | 67 (40.6) | 61 (37.2) | 57 (35.0) | 50 (29.9) | 69 (42.3) | |
| Disagree | Nursing | 22 (13.2) | 22 (13.3) | 25 (15.2) | 13 (8.0) | 13 (7.8) | 14 (8.6) |
| Medical | 41 (24.6) | 37 (22.4) | 32 (19.5) | 15 (9.2) | 12 (7.2) | 21 (12.9) | |
| Total N (%) | 63 (37.7) | 59 (35.8) | 57 (34.8) | 28 (17.2) | 25 (15.0) | 35 (21.5) | |
| χ2 | 13.725 | 6.255 | 1.070 | 9.315 | 0.528 | 1.725 | |
| P | 0.001 | 0.044 | 0.586 | 0.009 | 0.768 | 0.422 | |