Table A.2.
Choice of drug conformity to guidelines
| Conformity | Non-conformity | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctors type | General practitioner | 54 (63.5%) | 31 (36.5%) | 0.765 |
| Specialist practitioner | 114 (61.6%) | 71 (38.4%) | ||
| Gender of patients | Male | 90 (67.7%) | 43 (32.3%) | 0.069 |
| Female | 78 (56.9%) | 59 (43.1%) | ||
| Age category | 1–11 | 25 (47.2%) | 28 (52.8%) | 0.035 |
| 12–21 | 26 (72.2%) | 10 (27.8%) | ||
| 21–50 | 88 (62.0%) | 54 (38.0%) | ||
| ≥51 | 25 (73.5%) | 9 (26.5%) | ||
| Residence | Beyrouth | 14 (58.3%) | 10 (41.7%) | 0.311 |
| Mount Lebanon | 50 (70.4%) | 21 (29.6%) | ||
| Bekaa | 1 (33.3%) | 2 (66.7%) | ||
| North | 32 (62.7%) | 19 (37.3%) | ||
| South | 70 (58.8%) | 49 (41.2%) | ||
| Level of education of patients | Elementary | 24 (64.9%) | 13 (35.1%) | 0.555 |
| Intermediate | 18 (58.1%) | 13 (41.9%) | ||
| Secondary | 41 (63.1%) | 24 (36.9%) | ||
| University | 59 (67.8%) | 28 (32.2%) | ||
| Is there any fever? | Yes | 98 (64.5%) | 54 (35.5%) | 0.316 |
| No | 66 (58.4%) | 47 (41.6%) | ||
| How long did fever persist? | 1 day | 22 (53.7%) | 19 (46.3%) | 0.012 |
| 2 days | 37 (64.9%) | 20 (35.1%) | ||
| 3 days | 25 (75.8%) | 8 (24.2%) | ||
| 1 week | 8 (88.9%) | 1 (11.1%) | ||
| Laboratory culture | Yes | 34 (63%) | 20 (37%) | 0.931 |
| No | 134 (62.3%) | 81 (37.7%) |