Table 5. Clinical and socio-demographic predictors of antibiotic prescription.
|
Predictor |
Number |
Antibiotic prescription rate |
Antibiotic combination utilization (prescription pattern) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One | Two | More than two | |||
| Professional level | |||||
| Med Ass | 1 | 25.3 | 279 | 28 | 10 |
| Nurse Ass | 27 | 39.06 | 171.41 | 18.89 | 1.63 |
| Brevete N | 4 | 24.08 | 147.25 | 16.75 | 0 |
| HND | 1 | 43.3 | 74 | 3 | 0 |
| Midwife | 2 | 37.95 | 124.5 | 14 | 1 |
| SRN | 14 | 37.08 | 177.93 | 23.71 | 1.57 |
| BSN | 2 | 40.90 | 153 | 24 | 0.5 |
| GP | 5 | 29.24 | 195.6 | 50.2 | 6.4 |
| F = -0.907, P = 0.369 | H = 4.639, P = 0.704 | H = 9.383, P = 0.226 | H = 11.291, P = 0.126 | ||
| Type of facility | |||||
| Public | 39 | 37.83 | 174.77 | 27.67 | 2.23 |
| Confessional | 15 | 33.85 | 133 | 9.67 | 0.60 |
| Private | 1 | 25.48 | 279 | 28 | 10 |
| Community | 1 | 43.78 | 504 | 15 | 6 |
| F = 0.99, P = 0.921 | H = 3.063, P = 0.382 | H = 12.095, P = 0.007 | H = 10.378, P = 0.160 | ||
| Longevity | |||||
| <5 | 21 | 34.87 | 126.57 | 18.29 | 2.19 |
| 5–9 | 11 | 41.1 | 154.91 | 26.36 | 1.64 |
| 10–14 | 8 | 30.95 | 172.00 | 14.11 | 1.56 |
| 15–19 | 6 | 39.28 | 202.8 | 37 | 3.6 |
| ≥20 | 10 | 36.06 | 267 | 28.1 | 1.5 |
| F = 03.90, P = 0.699 | H = 10.436, P = 0.034 | H = 1.367, P = 0.850 | H = 2.123, P = 0.713 | ||
| Use of Treatment guidelines | |||||
| Yes | 48 | 34.71 | 151.79 | 21.08 | 1.90 |
| No | 8 | 37.26 | 288.50 | 31.88 | 2.50 |
| F = 1.343, P = 0.186 | H = 2.922, P = 0.087 | H = 1.486, P = 0.223 | H = 2.831, P = 0.92 | ||