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 |