Table 2 Episodes classified by number of treatments and duration of episodes and stratified by sex, site of infection, and care setting
From: A retrospective analysis of the costs and management of genital warts in Italy
TOTAL | 0 Treatment N. episodes (%) | 1 Treatment N. episodes (%) | 2 Treatment N. episodes (%) | 3 Treatment N. episodes (%) | 4 Treatment N. episodes (%) | 5 Treatment N. episodes (%) | >5 Treatment N. episodes (%) | Mean no. of treatments (SD) | Mean duration of episode (days) (SD) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total-N. = 450 (100%) | 450 (100) | 28 (6.22) | 207 (46.0) | 99 (22) | 56 (12.44) | 31 (6.89) | 14 (3.11) | 15 (3.33) | 2.03 (1.34) | 80.74 (92.13) |
Gender | ||||||||||
Men | 297 (100) | 18 (6.06) | 130 (43.77) | 70 (23.57) | 41 (13.80) | 21 (7.07) | 8 (2.69) | 9 (3.03) | 2.05 (1.30) | 79.79 (94.74) |
Women | 153 (100) | 10 (6.54) | 77 (50.33) | 29 (18.95) | 15 (9.80) | 10 (6.54) | 6 (3.92) | 6 (3.92) | 2.00 (1.41) | 82.60 (87.14) |
Site | ||||||||||
Genital | 333 (100) | 17 (5.11) | 161 (48.35) | 73 (21.92) | 41 (12.31) | 23 (6.91) | 7 (2.10) | 11 (3.30) | 2.22 (1.68) | 72.78 (88.30) |
Anal | 57 (100) | 8 (14.04) | 19 (33.33) | 15 (26.32) | 7 (12.27) | 3 (5.26) | 4 (7.02) | 1 (1.75) | 2.87 (2.09) | 125.14 (108.38) |
Extragenital | 9 (100) | 1 (11.11) | 5 (55.56) | 1 (11.11) | 1 (11.11) | 1 (11.11) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2.23 (2.06) | 66.33 (95.40) |
Multiple | 51 (100) | 2 (3.92) | 22 (43.14) | 10 (19.61) | 7 (13.73) | 4 (7.84) | 3 (5.88) | 3 (5.88) | 2.47 (1.78) | 85.55 (84.30) |
Setting* | ||||||||||
STI Clinic | 353 (100) | 194 (54.96) | 81 (22.95) | 39 (11.05) | 22 (6.23) | 9 (2.55) | 8 (2.27) | 1.85 (1.22) | 75.20 (86.0) | |
Home | 18 (100) | 13 (72.22) | 4 (22.22) | 0 (0) | 1 (5.56) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.39 (0.78) | 31.11 (47.26) | |
Hospital | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2.00 (0) | 9.00 (0) | |
STI Clinic and Home | 42 (100) | 0 (0) | 11 (26.19) | 14 (33.33) | 6 (14.29) | 4 (9.52) | 7 (16.67) | 3.57 (1.42) | 156.26 (117.57) | |
STI Clinic and Hospital | 5 (100) | 0 (0) | 2 (40.0) | 2 (40.0) | 1 (20.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 280 (0.84) | 150.00 (80.62) | |
Hospital and Home | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 5.00 (0) | 288.00 (21.21) | |
STI Clinic and Hospital and Home | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3.50 (0.71) | 259.00 (21.21) | |