Table 7.
Ethical and Legal Legitimacy of Using Impure Placebo
| Variable | Impure Placebo Considered as What? | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ineffective, N=120 |
Deceiving, N=117 |
Legal Concerns, N=122 |
Used, N=123 |
Acceptable, N=118 |
Traditional Component, N=107 |
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| Agree | Nursing | 19 (15.8) | 22 (18.8) | 28 (23.0) | 13 (10.6) | 17 (14.4) | 17 (14.5) |
| Medical | 26 (21.7) | 31 (26.5) | 30 (24.6) | 27 (22.0) | 26 (22.0) | 13 (11.1) | |
| Total N (%) | 45 (37.5) | 53 (45.3) | 58 (47.6) | 39 (31.7) | 43 (36.4) | 30 (25.6) | |
| Uncertain | Nursing | 14 (11.7) | 15 (12.8) | 15 (12.3) | 24 (19.5) | 19 (16.1) | 16 (13.7) |
| Medical | 27 (22.5) | 23 (19.7) | 25 (20.5) | 27 (22.0) | 26 (22.0) | 30 (25.6) | |
| Total N (%) | 41 (34.2) | 38 (32.5) | 40 (32.8) | 51 (41.4) | 45 (38.1) | 46 (39.3) | |
| Disagree | Nursing | 16 (13.3) | 8 (6.8) | 9 (7.4) | 15 (12.2) | 11 (9.3) | 17 (14.5) |
| Medical | 18 (15.0) | 18 (15.4) | 15 (12.3) | 18 (14.6) | 19 (16.1) | 24 (20.5) | |
| Total N (%) | 34 (28.3) | 26 (22.2) | 24 (19.7) | 33 (26.8) | 30 (25.4) | 31 (35.0) | |
| χ2 | 1.34 | 0.87 | 1.45 | 1.89 | 0.23 | 3.59 | |
| P | 0.512 | 0.646 | 0.486 | 0.388 | 0.889 | 0.166 | |