‘It's not my greengrocer, it's someone from the medical profession’: A qualitative study regarding acceptability of deceptive and open‐label placebo prescribing in France - Université Grenoble Alpes
Article Dans Une Revue British Journal of Health Psychology Année : 2023

‘It's not my greengrocer, it's someone from the medical profession’: A qualitative study regarding acceptability of deceptive and open‐label placebo prescribing in France

Résumé

Objectives: To explore participants' views regarding clinical use of deceptive placebo (DP) and open-label placebo (OLP) treatments. Design: Qualitative thematic analysis. Methods: We conducted eight semi-structured interviews with healthy participants in an experimental trial comparing the efficacy of OLP and DP (Clinical trials n°NCT03934138). Interviewees' opinions were solicited following administration of placebos during the trial. Interviews were analysed using data-driven analysis. Results: We identified three themes. First, participants considered trust central in judging a placebo treatment to be acceptable. They expressed the importance of an implicit trust both in their health care professionals' (HCPs') competency as well as in the profession at large. A second theme was the perception of how placebo treatments might solve health problems. Acceptability of both types of placebo treatments was dependent on the perception patients had about the treatment solving their problem and/or doubts regarding the effectiveness of placebos The third theme encompassed perceived risks associated with placebo prescribing. Some comments viewed placebos positively as facilitating reduced medication intake. However, participants also identified the potential of placebos to generate adverse side effects. Conclusions: Treatment acceptability by patients is a pre-requisite, alongside effectiveness, to harness OLPs in clinical care. Our study identified the importance of trust in HCPs prescribing placebos, the clinical effectiveness of placebos and the potential risks of these interventions in assessing their acceptability. Future research is needed to explore the contexts in which placebos might be used, and how best to communicate information about placebo interventions

Domaines

Psychologie Ethique
Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
British J Health Psychol - 2022 - Druart - It s not my greengrocer it s someone from the medical profession A.pdf (326.11 Ko) Télécharger le fichier
Origine Publication financée par une institution

Dates et versions

hal-03774306 , version 1 (10-09-2022)

Identifiants

Citer

Leo Druart, Oriana Vauthrin, Nicolas Pinsault, Cosima Locher, Charlotte Blease. ‘It's not my greengrocer, it's someone from the medical profession’: A qualitative study regarding acceptability of deceptive and open‐label placebo prescribing in France. British Journal of Health Psychology, 2023, 28 (2), pp.273-290. ⟨10.1111/bjhp.12624⟩. ⟨hal-03774306⟩
1518 Consultations
185 Téléchargements

Altmetric

Partager

More