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. 2022 Mar 2;24(3):e34098. doi: 10.2196/34098

Table 2.

Regression analyses of inpatient primary outcomes.a


P1b (N=186) P2c (N=211) P5d (N=126) N4e (N=193) N5f (N=919)

Compliance, % (n/N) ORg (95% CI) P value Compliance, % (n/N) OR (95% CI) P value Compliance, % (n/N) OR (95% CI) P value Compliance, % (n/N) OR (95% CI) P value Compliance, % (n/N) OR (95% CI) P value
Control variables

SOFAh score i N/Aj 0.973 (0.863-1.096) .65 N/A 1.355 (1.064-1.787) .02 N/A 1.164 (0.753-1.879) .51 N/A 0.772 (0.608-0.975) .03

Age N/A 0.973 (0.944-1.000) .06 N/A 0.952 (0.914-0.987) .01 N/A 0.995 (0.953-1.042) .82 N/A 1.048 (1.008-1.093) .02 N/A 0.993 (0.979-1.007) .34
Group variables

Control group 16.3 (15/92) Refk N/A 49.2 (29/59) Ref N/A 21.6 (19/88) Ref N/A 85.3 (110/129) Ref N/A 90.0 (531/590) Ref N/A

Intervention group 45.7 (43/94) 4.004 (1.828-9.202) <.001

Without teleconsultation 81.8 (108/132) 4.718 (2.032-11.563) <.001 0.00 (0/14) 0.000 (0.000, 1.032) .99 93.9 (31/33) 9.372 (1.519-111.467) .04 84.9 (163/192) 0.990 (0.542-1.834) .97

With teleconsultation 90.0 (18/20) 6.822 (1.271-56.607) .04 25.0 (6/24) 1.135 (0.179, 7.493) .89 80.6 (25/31) 1.744 (0.326, 12.861) .54 92.1 (125/137) 1.463 (0.666-3.416) .36

aEach model also controlled for hospital specific effects, which are not reported individually in this table; CIs were calculated based on profile likelihood estimation.

bPrimary outcome P1: Imperatively start antimicrobial treatment and remove the focus on Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection.

cPrimary outcome P2: Critically ill patients with signs of infection need early appropriate antibiotic therapy.

dPrimary outcome P5: Prefer oral formulations of highly bioavailable antimicrobials whenever possible.

ePrimary outcome N4: Do not prolong prophylactic administration of antibiotics in patients after they have left the operating room.

fPrimary outcome N5: Do not treat an elevated C‐reactive protein or procalcitonin level with antibiotics in patients without signs of infection.

gOR: odds ratio.

hSOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.

iDue to differences model specifications, the respective variables were not included in all models.

jN/A: not applicable.

kRef: reference group.