Table 1.
Characteristics of the participating nursing homes, by country, 2022, n = 70
| France N = 11 | Greece N = 5 | Lithuania N = 19 | Poland N = 17 |
Spain N = 18 |
Total N = 70 |
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| Number of participating institutes | ||||||||||||
| Entire nursing homes | 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 40 | ||||||
| Individual wards within the nursing home | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 30 | ||||||
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 11 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 70 | ||||||
| Number of residents (entire nursing home), Median (IQR) | 87 | (66–111) | 72 | (71–78) | 263 | (188–298) | 89 | (67–160) | 79 | (70–92) | 83 | (66–130) |
| Number of residents (individual wards), Median (IQR) | N/A | N/A | 23 | (18–30) | 54 | (52–55) | 35 | (32–42) | 32 | (25–51) | ||
| Background of health care professional in charge of audit | ||||||||||||
| Physician | 7 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 37 | ||||||
| Nurse | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 23 | ||||||
| Other | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Total | 11 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 70 | ||||||
| Nursing home ownership | ||||||||||||
| Public | 6 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 51 | ||||||
| Private | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | ||||||
| Not-for-profit | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| None of the above | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 11 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 70 | ||||||
| Nursing care available 24 h a day | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 49 | ||||||
| No | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 21 | ||||||
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 11 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 70 | ||||||
| Resident population | ||||||||||||
| Lower dependency level | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||||||
| High dependency level | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 19 | ||||||
| Mixed dependency level | 7 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 39 | ||||||
| Specific needs of care (e.g. psychiatric illnesses, rehabilitation care) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Other | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 11 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 70 | ||||||
| Antibiotics prescribed by | ||||||||||||
| External doctor | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 20 | ||||||
| Doctor employed by the nursing home | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 33 | ||||||
| External or internal | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 17 | ||||||
| Without prescription | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 11 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 70 | ||||||
| Type of contact with the physician* | ||||||||||||
| Tele-consultation | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 20 | ||||||
| Onsite consultation with a physician | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||||
| Onsite consultation at the nursing home | 10 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 66 | ||||||
| Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Use of the urine dipstick test | ||||||||||||
| Routinely | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 32 | ||||||
| Sometimes | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Never | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Missing | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Total | 11 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 70 | ||||||
*Several answers for each participating nursing home possible