Associated factors | Unadjusted OR | [95 % CI] | Crude p-valueb | Adjusted OR | [95 % CI] | Adjusted p-valueb |
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Gender | ||||||
Female | 1a | |||||
Male | 2.52 | [1.00–6.55] | 0.05 | |||
Age (year) | ||||||
22–25 | 1a | |||||
26–29 | 3.17 | [1.13–8.93] | 0.03 | |||
30+ | 3.03 | [0.79–11.61] | 0.11 | |||
Stage of medical training | ||||||
1st year post-qualified | 1a | 1a | ||||
2nd year post-qualified | 6.30 | [1.71–23.12] | <0.01 | 6.97 | [1.25–38.98] | 0.03 |
≥ 3rd year post-qualified | 6.30 | [1.71–23.12] | <0.01 | 5.43 | [1.01–29.17] | 0.05 |
Medical degree training | ||||||
4 years graduate course | 1a | |||||
5 years undergraduate entry | 1.91 | [0.52- 6.99] | 0.33 | |||
6 years undergraduate entry | 1.48 | [0.36–6.20] | 0.59 | |||
Frequency of antimicrobial prescribing | ||||||
≤ once a week | 1a | 1a | ||||
2–4 times/week | 2.04 | [0.59–7.09] | 0.26 | 9.28 | [1.32–65.15] | 0.02 |
≥ 1/day | 1.63 | [0.47–5.60] | 0.44 | 5.24 | [0.87–31.68] | 0.07 |
Prescribing alone or not | ||||||
Mostly with a more senior doctor | 1a | 1a | ||||
Sometimes with a more senior doctor | 0.76 | [0.30–1.94] | 0.57 | 0.56 | [0.17–1.80] | 0.33 |
Primarily without senior supervision | 15.61 | [1.92–127.25] | 0.01 | 10.97 | [1.02–117.71] | 0.05 |
To find easy to decide to de-escalate | ||||||
No | 1a | 1a | ||||
Yes | 8.05 | [1.57–41.17] | 0.01 | 11.66 | [1.59–85.56] | 0.02 |
Sometimes | 1.69 | [0.63–4.55] | 0.30 | 3.40 | [0.89–12.98] | 0.07 |
From whom they learnt the most about antimicrobial prescribing | ||||||
Doctors in my specialty training | 1a | |||||
Consultants | 1.47 | [0.16–13.70] | 0.73 | |||
Infection specialists/ microbiologists | 0.88 | [0.29–2.65] | 0.81 | |||
Pharmacists | 0.39 | [0.12–1.25] | 0.11 | |||
Want more training | ||||||
No | 1a | 1a | ||||
Yes | 0.32 | [0.09–1.15] | 0.08 | 0.15 | [0.03–0.69] | 0.01 |
Don’t know | 0.16 | [0.02–1.00] | 0.05 | 0.11 | [0.01–1.14] | 0.06 |