Table 2 Characteristics of patient-charts with an antibiotic prescription in the last 12 months (n = 224)
Variable | All patients with at least one antibiotic prescription | Patients with at least one antibiotic prescription for SSTI | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total N = 224 | Total N = 86 | ||||
n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
Gender | 0.0939 | ||||
Male | 91 | (40.63) | 44 | (51.16) | |
Female | 133 | (59.38) | 42 | (48.84) | |
Age | 0.6956 | ||||
18–30 | 95 | (42.41) | 39 | (45.35) | |
31–40 | 51 | (22.77) | 15 | (17.44) | |
41–50 | 40 | (17.86) | 18 | (20.93) | |
51–60 | 20 | (8.93) | 10 | (11.63) | |
61–70 | 12 | (5.36) | 2 | (2.33) | |
70+ | 6 | (2.68) | 2 | (2.33) | |
Creatinine Clearnance | 0.8741 | ||||
< 60 mL/min | 10 | (4.46) | 5 | (5.81) | |
> 60 mL/min | 197 | (87.95) | 75 | (87.21) | |
Missing | 17 | (7.59) | 6 | (6.98) | |
Pre-existing conditions | |||||
Diabetes | 48 | (21.43) | 18 | (20.93) | 0.9235 |
Cardiac disease | 42 | (18.75) | 19 | (22.09) | 0.5074 |
Alcohol use disorder | 40 | (17.86) | 20 | (23.26) | 0.2814 |
Renal disease | 13 | (5.80) | 7 | (8.14) | 0.4535 |
Pregnancy | 12 | (5.36) | 0 | (0.00) | 0.0416 |
Liver disease | 10 | (4.46) | 4 | (4.65) | 1.000 |
COPD | 6 | (2.68) | 2 | (2.33) | 1.000 |
Immuno-compromised | 3 | (1.34) | 2 | (2.33) | 0.6198 |
Asplenia | 0 | (0.00) | 0 | (0.00) | – |
Other disease | 103 | (45.98) | 38 | (44.19) | 0.7762 |
Presence of medical device | |||||
Urinary catheter | 1 | (0.45) | 1 | (1.16) | 0.4785 |
Central line | 0 | (0.00) | 0 | (0.00) | – |
Other device | 5 | (2.23) | 2 | (2.33) | 1.0000 |