Table 8.
Duration of corticosteroid course by indication
| Indication (Number of prescribing events) |
Duration of course (days) |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Maximum | Median (IQR) | |
| 1. Non-specific (83) |
1 |
432 |
28 (22) |
| 2. Neurological (64) |
2 |
477 |
34 (18) |
| 3. Capsular stretching (9) |
2 |
312 |
18 (23) |
| 4. Soft tissue infiltration (39) |
2 |
101 |
14 (10) |
| 5. Tenesmus (2) |
4 |
7 |
5.5 (0) |
| 6. Inflammation s/c sites (1) |
1 |
1 |
1 (0) |
| 7. Not clear/other (16) |
3 |
172 |
7 (6) |
| 8. Chemotherapy (0) |
- |
- |
- |
| Total (214)* | 1 | 477 | 29 (20) |
Key: IQR: Interquartile range.
*The full duration of the corticosteroid course was able to be determined for 214 of the 312 corticosteroid prescribing events.