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Table 2 Characteristics of 95 patients with ESTI included in the item reduction phase.

From: Development of a Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire (HRQL) for patients with Extremity Soft Tissue Infections (ESTI)

Characteristic

Number

Mean years of age (SD)

47.5 (14.3)

Male gender (%)

74 (77.9)

Referral location (%)

 

   Emergency Department

86 (90.5)

   Other

9 (9.5)

Comorbidities (%)

 

   Diabetes Mellitus

10 (10.5)

   Peripheral Vascular Disease

7 (7.3)

   Immunosuppression

10 (10.5)

   Animal Bites

5 (5.2)

   Post-surgical

3 (3.2)

Primary diagnosis (%)

 

   Cellulitis

77 (81.1)

   Septic bursitis

12 (12.6)

   Septic tenosynovitis

3 (3.2)

   Abscess

3 (3.2)

Location of ESTI (%)

 

   Upper extremity

36 (37.9)

   Lower extremity

59 (62.1)

Median duration of symptoms at time of survey (interquartile range)

4 (2–7)

Median days of intravenous antibiotics (interquartile range)

4 (3–6)

Median days total antibiotics (interquartile range)

14 (11–16)