Patients' expectations about the benefit of antibiotic treatment: Lessons from a randomised controlled trial

Forschende Komplementarmedizin und Klassische Naturheilkunde

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 347-349

  Young, Jim ^a,d   Tschudi, Peter ^b   Périat, Pierre ^b   Hugenschmidt, Christa ^c   Welge Lüssen, Antje ^a   Bucher, Heiner C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c KANTONSSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial agents; Antibiotics; Bias; Patient satisfaction; Placebo effect; Randomized controlled trial; Research design

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLAVULANIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; PLACEBO EFFECT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RHINITIS; SELECTION BIAS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINUSITIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29344454896     PISSN: 14247364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089093     Document Type: Article

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