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Actitudes de los médicos familiares mexicanos sobre el uso de placebos en la práctica clínica.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Gil-Alfaro, Issa Zavala-Cruz, Gad Gamed Rodríguez-González, Azucena Maribel Ramírez-Aranda, José Manuel |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Abstract | Introduction The use of placebo has spread in clinical practice despite being controversial. In Mexico, the practice of family medicine is predominantly institutional and works with an essential medications list. Objective To determine the frequency and family doctor attitude regarding the use of placebos in clinical practice. Method Cross-sectional, observational, multicenter study of 307 family doctors with active practice in 27 states of the Mexican Republic. A questionnaire was used with sociodemographic data and consensus-developed questions about frequency of use and attitudes. For analysis, the square-chi test was used. Results 75% used placebos (95% CI=69.7-79.4%); 122 (39.7%) used pure placebos, mainly water (p < 0.05), and 220 (71.6%), impure placebos, mainly vitamins and laboratory tests. They were used more in patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms (178, 45.5%), including 122 (31.2%) "healthy worried" patients, or who had chronic conditions (40, 12.5%). Reasons for prescription: 249 (81%) for the psychological effect, when they showed benefit (176, 57%), even when it implied deceiving (78, 25%) or insufficient evidence of efficacy (57, 19%). The main reason was because of patient insistence. Conclusions More impure placebos were used, mainly in healthy worried patients and in those with chronic conditions. |
| Starting Page | 363 |
| Ending Page | 368 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.24875/GMM.19004667 |
| PubMed reference number | 31486794 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 155 |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Journal | Gaceta medica de Mexico |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://gacetamedicademexico.com/files/gmm_19_155_4_363-368.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.24875/GMM.19004667 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
