Table 8 Antibiotic use among inpatients at five regional hospitals in Limpopo Province, stratified by the AWaRe classification
From: Antibiotic prescribing to inpatients in Limpopo, South Africa: a multicentre point-prevalence survey
Variables | AWaRe category | Access | Watch | Reserve | Total | P-value | Cramér’s V test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | N | % | ||||
Hospital | Hospital A | 45 | 70.3 | 18 | 28.1 | 1 | 1.6 | 64 | 100.0 | 0.110 | 0.135 |
Hospital B | 76 | 75.3 | 25 | 24.8 | – | – | 101 | 100.0 | |||
Hospital C | 58 | 77.3 | 17 | 22.7 | – | – | 75 | 100.0 | |||
Hospital D | 60 | 60.6 | 39 | 39.4 | – | – | 99 | 100.0 | |||
Hospital E | 53 | 68.8 | 24 | 31.2 | – |  | 77 | 100.0 | |||
Total | 292 | 70.2 | 123 | 29.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 416 | 100.0 | |||
Ward activity | Medical | 117 | 62.6 | 70 | 37.4 | – | – | 187 | 100.0 | 0.005 | 0.160 |
Surgical | 133 | 77.8 | 37 | 21.6 | 1 | 0.6 | 171 | 100.0 | |||
ICU | 42 | 72.4 | 16 | 27.6 | – | – | 58 | 100.0 | |||
Age group | Paediatrics | 75 | 79.0 | 20 | 21.0 | – | – | 95 | 100.0 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
Adults | 217 | 67.6 | 103 | 32.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 321 | 100.0 | 0.037 | 1.102 | |
Prescriber type | General | 200 | 73.0 | 74 | 27.0 | – | – | 274 | 100.0 | 0.102 | 0.080 |
Specialist | 92 | 64.8 | 49 | 34.5 | 1 | 0.7 | 142 | 100.0 | |||
Indication | HAI | 31 | 41.9 | 42 | 56.8 | 1 | 1.4 | 74 | 100.0 | – | – |
CAI | 158 | 68.4 | 73 | 31.6 | – | – | 231 | 100.0 | |||
SP | 53 | 89.3 | 6 | 10.2 | – | – | 59 | 100.0 | |||
MP | 50 | 100.0 | – | – | – | – | 50 | 100.0 | |||
Unknown | – | – | 2 | 100.0 | – | – | 2 | 100.0 | |||
Diagnosis | LRTI | 59 | 56.7 | 45 | 43.3 | – | – | 104 | 100.0 | – | – |
SST | 65 | 73.0 | 24 | 27.0 | – | – | 89 | 100.0 | |||
Prophy OBGY | 49 | 92.5 | 4 | 7.6 | – | – | 53 | 100.0 | |||
Neo-MP | 32 | 100.0 | – | – | – | – | 32 | 100.0 | |||
GI | 22 | 91.7 | 2 | 8.3 | – | – | 24 | 100.0 | |||