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Table 2 Treatment that would be prescribed in two clinical scenarios of sore throat stated by the 1476 respondents

From: Survey of Spanish general practitioners’ attitudes toward management of sore throat: an internet-based questionnaire study

Drug prescribed

Scenario A

Scenario B

P

No treatment at all

3.0 (10.1)

2.4 (9.3)

NS

Analgesics

56.8 (34.4)

57.0 (35.5)

NS

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

53.5 (31.6)

55.6 (31.8)

NS

Antibiotics

18.8 (22.8)

32.0 (32.6)

<0.001

Antitussives

20.3 (26.2)

2.0 (8.8)

<0.001

Decongestants

11.1 (19.4)

1.6 (7.0)

<0.001

Expectorants and/or mucolytics

19.9 (26.1)

2.4 (8.9)

<0.001

Phytotherapy

3.6 (14.4)

3.0 (13.2)

NS

Antiseptics

3.2 (12.5)

3.5 (12.9)

NS

  1. Scenario A: young adult with the presence of sore throat, cough, coriza, and with or without fever; scenario B: young adult with the presence of sore throat, fever, and without cough and coriza