A single center observational study on emergency department clinician non-adherence to clinical practice guidelines for treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections

Table 4 Multivariable logistic regression analysis of non-adherence to antibiotic guidelines for uncomplicated UTI

Variable	OR	95 % CI	P-value
Clinical history
No recent history of UTI	3.8	1.3–11.4	0.02
Clinical symptoms
Nausea/vomiting	0.4	0.1–1.4	0.14
Type of UTI, symptoms
Cystitis, no other non-urinary symptoms	1
Cystitis, with back or adnominal pain symptoms only	11.4	2.1–63.0	0.01
Cystitis, with vaginal discharge	12.1	1.1–137.5	0.05
Cystitis, with other combinations of non-urinary symptoms	0.1	0.0–1.1	0.06
Pyelonephritis (fever or flank pain present)	2.7	0.8–9.3	0.12

P-Values that appear in bold are significant at p < 0.05
Non-urinary symptoms include: back pain, abdominal pain, fever, flank pain, vaginal discharge, or nausea/vomiting

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