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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2016 Oct 14;17(12):1151–1153. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.08.013

Table 1.

Resident Characteristics and Antimicrobial Use Prevalence per 100 Residents From a 1-Day Point Prevalence Survey in Nine Nursing Homes

Resident Characteristic N (%) With Characteristic Antimicrobial Use Prevalence per 100 Residents P Value*
Gender  .788
 Male  375 (30) 11.7
 Female  897 (70) 11.2
Age, y  .2186
 ≤ 85  590 (46) 12.5
 > 85  686 (54) 10.4
Resident Type <.0001
 Short stay  183 (14) 21.2
 Long stay 1089 (86)  9.7
Device use† <.0001
 Yes  102 (8) 23.5
 No 1170 (92) 10.3
Total residents 1272 11.1
*

χ2 test P value.

†

Indwelling urinary catheter, vascular device, ventilator or tracheostomy, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy or jejunostomy tube present at the time of the prevalence survey.