Over 25% of people lie to get antibiotics—and their lies aren't even good
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两项发表于《JAMA Network Open》的研究分析了美国逾千名成年人的在线调查数据，发现超过四分之一的人曾至少一次向医生撒谎以获取抗生素，用于自己或所照护的儿童。患者多通过夸大症状、编造症状或两者兼有的方式进行。值得注意的是，这些谎言多涉及感冒相关症状，如发热、咳嗽和咽痛，而感冒由病毒引起，抗生素对其无效。研究还发现，患者所编造的谎言通常并不高明，但
A significant number of patients in the US lie to their doctors to get antibiotics they likely don't need, according to two new studies. While that may not be a startling revelation, the studies drills down on the phenomenon, finding that the lies patients tell are generally bad ones—and yet, they work almost all the time.
In the two linked studies published Friday in JAMA Network Open, a team of researchers led by Alistair Thorpe at the University of Utah analyzed online survey data from over 1,000 adults. They found that over a quarter of people reported having lied to a clinician at least once to get an antibiotic prescription for themselves or a child in their care. Patients lied by either exaggerating symptoms, making up symptoms, or—most often—both.
But interestingly, the lies people told to get antibiotics involved making up or exaggerating symptoms of infections that wouldn't be treated with antibiotics. For example, the most common falsehoods were symptoms associated with colds, such as fever, cough, and sore throat. That's despite the fact that colds are caused by viruses, not bacteria—which antibiotics treat.
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