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. 2018 Feb 14;20(2):e53. doi: 10.2196/jmir.8922

Table 4.

Antibiotics prescription by baseline, endpoint, control, and intervention groups.

Antibiotics prescription Baseline Endpoint Overall P value

Control, n (%) Intervention, n (%) P value Control, n (%) Intervention, n (%) P value
Antibiotics prescriptions for RTIsa







Oral 97 (66.0) 122 (65.6) .94 92 (60.5) 85 (42.3) .001 <.001

Intravenous 89 (53.0) 95 (54.0) .89 85 (51.2) 71 (38.4) .02 .003

Any 159 (90.3) 176 (87.1) .33 156 (89.7) 135 (64.3) <.001 <.001
Antibiotics prescriptions for GTIsb







Oral 34 (68.0) 32 (64.0) .67 25 (62.5) 6 (12.8) <.001 <.001

Intravenous 30 (60.0) 34 (58.6) .88 21 (60.0) 16 (36.4) .04 .03

Any 50 (96.2) 54 (94.7) .72 36 (90.0) 22 (52.4) <.001 <.001
Antibiotics prescriptions for RTIs and/or GTIs







Oral 131 (66.5) 154 (65.3) .79 117 (60.9) 91 (36.7) <.001 <.001

Intravenous 119 (54.6) 129 (55.1) .91 106 (52.7) 87 (38.0) .002 <.001

Any 209 (91.7) 230 (88.8) .29 192 (89.7) 157 (62.3) <.001 <.001

aRTIs: respiratory tract infections.

bGTIs: gastrointestinal tract infections.