| Title |
Placebo Use in the United Kingdom: Results from a National Survey of Primary Care Practitioners
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, March 2013
|
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0058247 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jeremy Howick, Felicity L. Bishop, Carl Heneghan, Jane Wolstenholme, Sarah Stevens, F. D. Richard Hobbs, George Lewith |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 88 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 32 | 36% |
| United States | 11 | 13% |
| Spain | 4 | 5% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| Ireland | 2 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Norway | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 7 | 8% |
| Unknown | 26 | 30% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 64 | 73% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 12 | 14% |
| Scientists | 9 | 10% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 164 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 2% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 157 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 32 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 26 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 26 | 16% |
| Researcher | 18 | 11% |
| Other | 10 | 6% |
| Other | 30 | 18% |
| Unknown | 22 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 54 | 33% |
| Psychology | 30 | 18% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 6% |
| Philosophy | 8 | 5% |
| Other | 24 | 15% |
| Unknown | 26 | 16% |