Table 8.
Uses of Placebo in Clinical Practice
| Variable | Profession | Total N (%) |
χ2 | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing | Medical | |||||
| Calming patients | Yes | 81 (43.8) | 74 (40.0) | 155 (83.8) | 1.51 | 0.219 |
| No | 12 (6.5) | 18 (9.7) | 30 (16.2) | |||
| After “unjustified” demand for medication | Yes | 60 (32.6) | 71 (38.6) | 131 (71.2) | 3.21 | 0.073 |
| No | 32 (17.4) | 21 (11.4) | 53 (28.8) | |||
| After all clinical treatments were exhausted | Yes | 44 (24.0) | 37 (20.2) | 81 (44.3) | 0.95 | 0.329 |
| No | 48 (26.2) | 54 (29.5) | 102 (55.7) | |||
| Used as supplemental treatment | Yes | 54 (29.2) | 42 (22.7) | 96 (51.9) | 2.85 | 0.019 |
| No | 39 (21.1) | 50 (27.0) | 89 (48.1) | |||
| Used as diagnostic tool | Yes | 63 (34.2) | 62 (33.7) | 125 (67.9) | 0.003 | 0.955 |
| No | 30 (16.3) | 29 (15.8) | 59 (32.1) | |||
| Stop patient complaints | Yes | 57 (31.3) | 26 (14.3) | 83 (45.6) | 20.05 | 0.000 |
| No | 35 (19.2) | 64 (35.2) | 99 (54.4) | |||
| Maintain a good relationship with a patient | Yes | 53 (28.8) | 33 (17.9) | 86 (46.7) | 8.73 | 0.003 |
| No | 39 (21.2) | 59 (32.1) | 98 (53.3) | |||
| Buy time before next regular dosage of medication | Yes | 52 (28.1) | 34 (18.4) | 86 (46.5) | 5.99 | 0.014 |
| No | 42 (22.7) | 57 (30.8) | 99 (53.5) | |||
| Avoid patient addiction to any medication | Yes | 63 (34.4) | 59 (32.2) | 122 (66.7) | 0.54 | 0.464 |
| No | 28 (15.3) | 33 (18.0) | 61 (33.3) | |||