Table 2.
Main medical factors leading to hospitalization of patients with LRTIs (n = 544)
| Low Risk CAP patients (PSI class I-III) | High risk CAP patients (PSI class IV-V) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 181) | (n = 215) | |||||||||
| Physicians | Nurses | Patients | Relatives | P values | Physicians | Nurses | Patients | Relatives | P values | |
| (n = 167) | (n = 154) | (n = 158) | (n = 45) | (n = 200) | (n = 182) | (n = 178) | (n = 67) | |||
| Fear of severe infection | 40.1 | 40.2 | 53.9 | 46.7 | <0.001 | 35.9 | 36.3 | 54.1 | 50.5 | <0.001 |
| Fear of adverse outcome | 5.5 | 4.6 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 0.02 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 8.4 | 0.002 |
| Severe comorbidities | 11.3 | 8.9 | 11 | 15 | <0.001 | 20.4 | 14.3 | 15.7 | 21.1 | <0.001 |
| Requires further diagnostic work up | 8.9 | 10.8 | 5.3 | 1.7 | <0.001 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 0.03 |
| Requires intravenous therapy | 28.8 | 31.7 | 15.8 | 16.7 | 0.002 | 26.8 | 29.2 | 12.4 | 6.3 | <0.001 |
| Other reason | 5.5 | 3.9 | 6.6 | 11.7 | 0.24 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 7.9 | 10.5 | 0.03 |
| Patients with acute bronchitis | Patients with ECOPD | |||||||||
| (n = 45) | (n = 103) | |||||||||
| Physicians | Nurses | Patients | Relatives | P values | Physicians | Nurses | Patients | Relatives | P values | |
| (n = 40) | (n = 35) | (n = 39) | (n = 10) | (n = 94) | (n = 86) | (n = 86) | (n = 29) | |||
| Fear of severe infection | 20 | 33.3 | 42.3 | 38.9 | 0.008 | 29.7 | 41.9 | 51.7 | 60 | <0.001 |
| Fear of adverse outcome | 12.3 | 13.7 | 9.6 | 11.1 | <0.001 | 12.7 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 13.3 | 0.007 |
| Severe comorbidities | 32.3 | 21.6 | 25 | 22.2 | <0.001 | 27.2 | 13.7 | 20.7 | 16.7 | <0.001 |
| Requires further diagnostic work up | 18.5 | 7.8 | 5.8 | 0 | <0.002 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 5.2 | 3.3 | <0.002 |
| Requires intravenous therapy | 9.2 | 15.7 | 3.8 | 11.1 | <0.003 | 14.6 | 21.8 | 6 | 3.3 | <0.003 |
| Other reason | 7.7 | 7.8 | 13.5 | 16.7 | 0.001 | 7 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 3.3 | 0.092 |