Table 2

Beliefs about Treatment


PR n (%)
PNR n (%)
SR n (%)
SNR n (%)
TOTAL n (%)

It was a 'placebo' or an anaesthetic
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2 (18%)
3 (17%) X
1 (17%) X
6 (14%)
It was a steroid or the 'real' thing
2 (29%) X
6 (54%) X
4 (22%)
1 (17%)
13 (31%)
I don't know
5 (71%)
3 (27%)
11 (61%)
4 (67%)
23 (55%)

PR: Placebo Responder; PNR: Placebo Non Responder; SR: Steroid Responder: SNR: Steroid Non Responder; Correct answer: Incorrect answer:X

Di Blasi et al. BMC Health Services Research 2005 5:30   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-5-30