Table 3.
Treatment and follow up of urinary tract infections in women. Values are numbers (percentages) unless indicated otherwise
| Treatment duration
|
Difference between groups in rates of return visits (%; 95% CI)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 days |
5 days |
7 days |
3 days v 5 days |
3 days v 7 days |
|
| Consultation | |||||
| First consultation | 114/271 (42) | 83/271 (31) | 74/271 (27) | — | — |
| Second consultation | 16/114 (14) | 6/83 (7.2) | 8/74 (11) | 6.8 (−1.7 to 12.6) | 3.2 (−3.6 to 10.0) |
| Second prescription written | 13/114 (11) | 2/83 (2.4) | 5/74 (7) | 9.0 (2.3 to 15.7) | 4.6 (−3.6 to 12.8) |
| Urine culture | |||||
| Not done at all | 38/114 (33) | 26/83 (31) | 31/74 (42) | 2.0 (−11.2 to 15.2) | −8.6 (−21.3 to 4.1) |
| Needed second consultation | 3/38 (8) | 0 | 1/31 (3) | 7.9 (−0.7 to 16.5) | 4.7 (−5.8 to 15.2) |
| Organism: | |||||
| No growth | 24/76 (32) | 23/57 (40) | 16/74 (22) | 8.0 (−8.5 to 24.5) | 5.0 (−4.9 to 14.9) |
| Trimethoprim sensitive | 49/76 (64) | 32/57 (56) | 25/74 (34) | 8.0 (−8.8 to 24.8) | 6.0 (−12.3 to 24.3) |
| Second consultation if no growth | 1/24 (4) | 1/23 (4) | 4/16 (25) | −0.1 (−11.1 to 11.3) | −20.8 (−43.4 to 1.8) |
| Second consultation if trimethoprim sensitive | 10/49 (20) | 4/32 (13) | 1/25 (4) | 7.9 (−8.2 to 24.0) | 16.4 (2.7 to 30) |