Table 3 Socio-economic consequences of infections with EIEC and Shigella, and culture-positive and culture-negative shigellosis
Consequences | EIECa, b (n = 32) | Shigella spp.a (n = 254) | Univariate model, p-value | Multivariate model, p-value | Culture +/ PCR + a, b (n = 244) | Culture - / PCR + (n = 167) | Univariate model, p-value | Multivariate model, p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bedrest (% present) | 88 | 81 | 0.357 | 0.186 | 82 | 79 | 0.528 | 0.514 |
Leave of absence (% present) | 56 | 53 | 0.709 | 0.703 | 53 | 47 | 0.220 | 0.737 |
When absence patient, duration in days (median (IQR)) | 5 (3.0–7.8) | 4 (3–7) | 0.882 | 0.401 | 4 (3–7) | 7 (3–10) | 0.038 | 0.005 |
When absence caretaker, duration in days (median (IQR)) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0.554 | 0.185 | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0.389 | 0.171 |
Use of care facilities | ||||||||
GP (% visited) | 100 | 91 | 0.015 | 0.037 | 91 | 93 | 0.299 | 0.851 |
When GP visited, number of visits (median (IQR)) | 1.5 (1–2) | 1 (1–2) | 0.623 | 0.399 | 1 (1–2) | 1 (1–2) | 0.595 | 0.909 |
GP outside office hours (% visited) | 9 | 9 | 0.989 | 0.537 | 9 | 10 | 0.694 | 0.757 |
Specialists (% visited) | 16 | 13 | 0.732 | 0.830 | 13 | 16 | 0.388 | 0.965 |
When specialist visited, number of visits (median (IQR)) | 1 (1–2) | 1 (1–1) | 0.797 | 0.799 | 1 (1–1) | 1 (1–2) | 0.122 | 0.553 |
Emergency room (% visited) | 9 | 10 | 0.933 | 0.781 | 10 | 5 | 0.072 | 0.074 |
Hospitalization (% hospitalized) | 3 | 9 | 0.180 | 0.270 | 9 | 5 | 0.163 | 0.443 |
When hospitalized, duration in days (median (IQR)) | 1.5 (0.8–2.3) | 3 (2–4) | 0.179 | 0.027 | 3 (1.5–3.5) | 3.5 (1–4.8) | 0.244 | 0.648 |