How often do general practitioners use placebos and non-specific interventions? Systematic review and meta-analysis of surveys

• Klaus Linde ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: klaus.linde@mri.tum.de

  Affiliation Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Medicine, Institute of General Practice, Munich, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2902-970X

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• Oxana Atmann,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Medicine, Institute of General Practice, Munich, Germany

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• Karin Meissner,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Health Promotion, University of Applied Sciences Coburg, Coburg, Germany, Institute of Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

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• Antonius Schneider,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Medicine, Institute of General Practice, Munich, Germany

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• Ramona Meister,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Levente Kriston,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0748-264X

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• Christoph Werner

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Medicine, Institute of General Practice, Munich, Germany

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