Table 2.
Episodes classified by number of treatments and duration of episodes and stratified by sex, site of infection, and care setting
| TOTAL | 0 Treatment N. episodes (%) | 1 Treatment N. episodes (%) | 2 Treatment N. episodes (%) | 3 Treatment N. episodes (%) | 4 Treatment N. episodes (%) | 5 Treatment N. episodes (%) | >5 Treatment N. episodes (%) | Mean no. of treatments (SD) | Mean duration of episode (days) (SD) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total-N. = 450 (100%) |
450(100) |
28 (6.22) |
207 (46.0) |
99 (22) |
56 (12.44) |
31 (6.89) |
14 (3.11) |
15 (3.33) |
2.03 (1.34) |
80.74 (92.13) |
|
Gender | ||||||||||
| Men |
297 (100) |
18 (6.06) |
130 (43.77) |
70 (23.57) |
41 (13.80) |
21 (7.07) |
8 (2.69) |
9 (3.03) |
2.05 (1.30) |
79.79 (94.74) |
| Women |
153 (100) |
10 (6.54) |
77 (50.33) |
29 (18.95) |
15 (9.80) |
10 (6.54) |
6 (3.92) |
6 (3.92) |
2.00 (1.41) |
82.60 (87.14) |
|
Site | ||||||||||
| Genital |
333 (100) |
17 (5.11) |
161 (48.35) |
73 (21.92) |
41 (12.31) |
23 (6.91) |
7 (2.10) |
11 (3.30) |
2.22 (1.68) |
72.78 (88.30) |
| Anal |
57 (100) |
8 (14.04) |
19 (33.33) |
15 (26.32) |
7 (12.27) |
3 (5.26) |
4 (7.02) |
1 (1.75) |
2.87 (2.09) |
125.14 (108.38) |
| Extragenital |
9 (100) |
1 (11.11) |
5 (55.56) |
1 (11.11) |
1 (11.11) |
1 (11.11) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
2.23 (2.06) |
66.33 (95.40) |
| Multiple |
51 (100) |
2 (3.92) |
22 (43.14) |
10 (19.61) |
7 (13.73) |
4 (7.84) |
3 (5.88) |
3 (5.88) |
2.47 (1.78) |
85.55 (84.30) |
|
Setting* | ||||||||||
| STI Clinic |
353 (100) |
|
194 (54.96) |
81 (22.95) |
39 (11.05) |
22 (6.23) |
9 (2.55) |
8 (2.27) |
1.85 (1.22) |
75.20 (86.0) |
| Home |
18 (100) |
|
13 (72.22) |
4 (22.22) |
0 (0) |
1 (5.56) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1.39 (0.78) |
31.11 (47.26) |
| Hospital |
1 (100) |
|
0 (0) |
1 (100) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
2.00 (0) |
9.00 (0) |
| STI Clinic and Home |
42 (100) |
|
0 (0) |
11 (26.19) |
14 (33.33) |
6 (14.29) |
4 (9.52) |
7 (16.67) |
3.57 (1.42) |
156.26 (117.57) |
| STI Clinic and Hospital |
5 (100) |
|
0 (0) |
2 (40.0) |
2 (40.0) |
1 (20.0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
280 (0.84) |
150.00 (80.62) |
| Hospital and Home |
1 (100) |
|
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (100) |
0 (0) |
5.00 (0) |
288.00 (21.21) |
| STI Clinic and Hospital and Home | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3.50 (0.71) | 259.00 (21.21) | |
SD, Standard Deviation; IQR, Interquartile range.
* only patient with treatment.