Table 3.

Association of Demographic and Clinical Characteristics With Filling Antibiotic Prescription for AOM in Study Children.

Characteristic	OR	95% CI
ETG-5 at baseline	1.06	1.01, 1.11
Having to call back for prescriptiona	0.28	0.094, 0.85
Child’s age	1.04	0.93, 1.16
Female gender	1.86	1.02, 3.38
Smoker in household	1.96	0.84, 4.55
Daycare or school attendance	1.55	0.85, 2.81
Siblings in household	0.77	0.42, 1.39
Mother with college degree	1.07	0.56, 2.05

Abbreviations: AOM, acute otitis media; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; ETG-5, Ear Treatment Guide–5.

^aAs opposed to receiving a prescription at the visit, but being advised to not fill prescription unless child does not improve or gets worse.