Table 6 Distribution of the factors affecting prescription of antibiotics in children up to 12 years with acute diarrhoea in Ujjain, India
Factors affecting antibiotic prescription | Categories | Antibiotics (n = 602) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | %# | Adjusted OR | 95%CI | P Value | ||
Practitioner 's qualification | Postgraduates | 571 | 70 | 1 | - | - |
Allopathic graduates | 101 | 39 | 1.32 | 0.52-3.35 | 0.548 | |
Alternate medicine and informal health-care providers | 171 | 95 | 3.21* | 1.19-8.65 | 0.023 | |
Practice setting | Charitable | 141 | 74 | 1 | - | - |
Free | 170 | 8 | 0.01 | 0.01-0.04 | < 0.001 | |
Private | 532 | 91 | 2.54 | 0.91-7.09 | 0.073 | |
Fever (no) | 401 | 64 | 1 | - | - | |
Associated symptoms | yes | 442 | 78 | 3.32* | 1.82-6.07 | < 0.001 |
Pain in stomach (no) | 660 | 66 | 1 | - | - | |
yes | 183 | 92 | 7.25* | 1.81-28.94 | 0.007 | |
Blood in stools (no) | 754 | 0.4 | 1 | - | - | |
yes | 89 | 97 | 9.93* | 3.65-27.01 | < 0.001 | |