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Table2 Clinical and demographic characteristics of the six audited groups

From: Impact of collaborative physician-pharmacist stewardship strategies on prophylactic antibiotic practices: a quasi-experimental study

Characteristics

Baseline group

PERIOD 0

Test Group

PERIOD 1

Post-test group

PERIOD 2

Post-computerized tool group

PERIOD 3

First group of the COVID-19 period

PERIOD 4

Second group of the COVID-19 period

PERIOD 5

P (a)

P (b)

P (c)

P (d)

P (e)

P (f)

       

(a) Comparing the baseline group with the test group

(b) Comparing the test group with the post-test group

(c) Comparing the post-test group with the post-computerized tool group

(d) Comparing the post-computerized tool group with the first group of the COVID-19 period

(e) Comparing the first group of the COVID-19 period with the second group of the COVID-19 period

(f) Comparing the second group of the COVID-19 period with the post-computerized tool group

Number of Interventions, n

130

118

124

120

116

152

      

Female, n (%)

48 (36.9)

49 (41.5)

57 (46)

34 (28.3)

53 (46)

57 (37.5)

0.46

0.49

0.004*

0.006*

0.18

0.11

Age (yr), mean ± SD

66.3 ± 11.7

68.4 ± 13.8

65.8 ± 13.6

65 ± 11.1

65.7 ± 13.7

66.7 ± 14.8

0.21

0.15

0.62

0.67

0.57

0.28

Transurethral resection of the prostate, n (%)

26 (20)

11 (9.3)

9 (7.3)

12 (10)

4 (3.5)

11 (7.2)

0.02*

0.56

0.45

0.045*

0.18

0.42

Coronary artery bypass grafting, n (%)

38 (29.2)

34 (28.8)

30 (24.2)

46 (38.3)

32 (27.6)

57 (37.5)

0.94

0.42

0.02*

0.08

0.09

0.89

Colorectal surgery, n (%)

17 (13.1)

22 (18.6)

19 (15.3)

12 (10)

23 (19.8)

24 (15.8)

0.23

0.49

0.21

0.03*

0.39

0.16

Hip prosthesis, n (%)

30 (23.1)

34 (28.8)

38 (30.7)

31 (25.8)

35 (30.2)

32 (21.1)

0.30

0.76

0.40

0.46

0.09

0.35

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, n (%)

19 (14.6)

17 (14.4)

28 (22.6)

19 (15.8)

22 (19)

28 (18.4)

0.96

0.10

0.18

0.53

0.91

0.58

Antibiotic prophylaxis, n (%)

113 (86.9)

109 (92.4)

104 (83.9)

107 (89.2)

98 (84.5)

124 (81.6)

0.16

0.04*

0.23

0.29

0.53

0.08

Duration of intervention > 3 h, n (%)

48 (36.9)

52 (44.1)

48 (38.7)

55 (45.8)

45 (38.8)

63 (41.5)

0.25

0.40

0.26

0.27

0.66

0.47

IgE Mediated Penicillin Allergy, n (%)

6 (4.6)

6 (5.1)

11 (8.9)

6 (5)

11 (9.5)

13 (8.6)

0.86

0.25

0.24

0.18

0.79

0.25

  1. *significant