Volume : 09, Issue : 07, July – 2022
Title:
36.STUDY OF THE VIEWS ON PLACEBO AND ITS USE IN THE PEDIATRIC MEDICAL AND NURSING PRACTICE
Authors :
Bedoor H. Al Qadrah*, Abdulla Al-Sayyari
Abstract :
Background: The utilization of placebos intervention in clinical practice is generally controversial. This study aims to evaluate the use, knowledge, and attitudes about placebos among pediatric doctors and nurses.
Method: A survey-based cross-sectional study was used consisting of 19 questions, including prescribing frequency, type of placebo, indications, perceived effect, and ethical concerns associated with the use of placebos.
Result: Eighty-nine (29.5%) respondents prescribed placebos. The commonest placebo was saline infusion (16.6%). The commonest reason for prescribing placebos was to calm the patient and to stop him complaining (39.1%). Of the participants (83.8%) believed “placebos have therapeutic effects”. 81.5% thought that its effect was psychological. Two-thirds felt that placebo should only be used selectively and 6% of thought that its use should always be permitted. 57.7% of doctors and 32% of nurses (P=0) think the patient should not know about the placebo.
Conclusion: Research about the use of placebo in clinical practice is still insignificant, particularly from the Middle East and in Saudi Arabia. In our study, nearly one-third of the respondents use placebos in clinical practice, which is lower than reported elsewhere. The vast majority felt that placebos are “sometimes effective” and a very small percentage believed that placebo prescription should be always permitted.
Keywords: Placebo, pediatrics, ethical concerns, physicians, nurses
Cite This Article:
Please cite this article in press Bedoor Hassan Al Qadrah et al, Study Of The Views On Placebo And Its Use In The Pediatric Medical And Nursing Practice., Indo Am. J. P. Sci, 2022; 09(7).,
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