Table 2.
Symptom improvement and recovery time,a by prescription or non-prescription of antibiotics
| Variable | Appropriate antibiotic prescribed at initial consultation (n = 67) | Did not prescribe/appropriate antibiotic not prescribed at initial consultation (n= 229) | P-valueb | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Median | IQR | n | Median | IQR | ||
| How many days since your child started the study was it until their symptoms improved? | 40 | 3.5 | 2.0–5.0 | 114 | 4.0 | 3.0–7.0 | 0.005 |
| How many days since your child started the study was it until they were entirely well and had returned to their normal activities for 2 consecutive days? | 40 | 7.0 | 5.0–14.0 | 113 | 7.5 | 5.0–15.0c | 0.568 |
a
Recovery time according to the parental self-review at 14 days after the initial consultation.
b
From a log-rank (Mantel-Cox) χ2 test.
c
15 days entered for those who did not recover within 14 days, so the value of 15 means some value >14. This analysis is on 296 out of the total of 338 children; the remaining 42 could not be assigned to one of these groups as there was neither information on the antibiotic prescribed, nor a sensitivity test available for the prescribed antibiotic . IQR = interquartile range.