The most important factors influencing the effects drugs and other therapeutic measures are discussed. i.e. 1) variations between different patients--"individual factors", 2) variations in the environment--"occupational factors", 3) variations in compliance, 4) variations in the spontaneous course of the disease, and 5) variations in the effect of placebo. It is pointed out that "the placebo effect" must always be allowed for when evaluating different methods of treatment.
文中讨论了影响药物及其他治疗措施效果的最重要因素。即:1)不同患者之间的差异——“个体因素”;2)环境差异——“职业因素”;3)依从性差异;4)疾病自然进程的差异;5)安慰剂效应的差异。文中指出,在评估不同治疗方法时,必须始终考虑“安慰剂效应”。