Provision of decision aids
infection
INFECTION, AIDS
To support the process of shared decision-making, the use of decision aids is likely going to be crucial. Both our PPI engagement activities and our focus group research highlighted the potential barrier of short appointment times for explaining the rationale behind placebo use and the scientific evidence around its effectiveness. Similarly, decision aids could provide additional background information about both personal side effects and societal consequences associated with medicine overuse in order to promote placebo acceptability. This suggestion is based on findings by Study 3, which found more favourable placebo attitudes in the infection scenario; the only scenario also highlighting societal harms of overtreatment (i.e. antimicrobial resistance).