Table 3.
Numbers and proportions of antimicrobial prescriptions for cystitis by age group, sex, and consulting department.
| Visits | Antimicrobial prescription | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers | Numbers | % (95% CI) | Odds ratio (95% CI) | p values | |
| Overall | 902 | 884 | 98.0% (96.9–98.8) | – | – |
| Age group (%) | |||||
| < 50 years | 170 (18.8) | 166 | 97.6% (94.1–99.4) | Reference | – |
| ≥ 50 years | 732 (81.2) | 718 | 98.1% (96.8–99.0) | 1.24 (0.29–4.00) | 0.76 |
| Sex (%) | |||||
| Female | 745 (82.6) | 728 | 97.7% (96.4–98.7) | Reference | – |
| Male | 157 (17.4) | 156 | 99.4% (96.5–100) | 3.64 (0.56–153.1) | 0.34 |
| Consulting department | |||||
| Internal medicine | 85 (9.4) | 84 | 98.8% (93.6–100) | Reference | – |
| Urology | 670 (74.3) | 656 | 97.9% (96.5–98.9) | 0.56 (0.01–3.76) | 1.00 |
| Others | 44 (4.9) | 44 | 100.0% (92.0–100) | Not compared | – |
| Unrecorded | 103 (11.4) | – | – | – | – |
CI confidence interval.