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Table 3 Percentage of adherence to antibiotic guidelines in periods before and after interventions were implemented

From: The effect of antibiotic stewardship interventions with stakeholder involvement in hospital settings: a multicentre, cluster randomized controlled intervention study

Group

Group description

N Before/after

Period

Absolute Change %

P for changea

P for Interactionb

Before n (%)

After n (%)

Intervention

 Control

All specialties

350/169

174 (50)

84 (50)

0

0.998

 

 Interventions

All specialties

929/354

556 (60)

234 (66)

6

0.04

0.252

 Academic detailing

All specialties

451/172

265 (59)

111 (65)

6

0.188

0.353

 Audit with feedback

Infectious diseases + Pulmonary medicine

478/182

291 (61)

123 (68)

7

0.111

0.265

Specialty

 Pulmonary medicine

Both interventions

427/162

249 (58)

116 (72)

14

0.003

0.034

 Infectious diseases

Both interventions

424/153

268 (63)

99 (65)

2

0.741

0.857

 Gastroenterology

Academic detailing

78/39

39 (50)

19 (49)

-1

0.896

0.556

  1. aBy chi-square test per group
  2. bBy logistic regression of given group vs control wards (all specialties), giving the p-value for the interaction between group and period
  3. P-values < 0.05 are given in boldface