Table 3 Antibiotic frequencies, appropriateness and compliance
| Â | (A) Number of prescriptions | (B) Appropriateness of prescriptiona ([B/A (assessable prescriptions)]%) | (C) Guideline compliancea ([C/A (assessable prescriptions)]%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antimicrobial | PRE n(%) | POST n(%) | p value†| PRE n(%) | POST n(%) | p value†| PRE n(%) | POST n(%) | p value†|
Amoxicillin | 73 (18.5) | 71 (19.0) | 0.859 | 63 (86.3) | 68 (98.5) | 0.007 | 40 (56.3) | 46 (76.6) | 0.015 |
Doxycycline | 71 (18.0) | 66 (17.7) | 0.942 | 62 (87.3) | 63 (98.4) | 0.014 | 40 (57.1) | 52 (83.9) | 0.001 |
Cefalexin | 49 (12.4) | 57 (15.3) | 0.244 | 29 (59.2) | 53 (98.1) | < 0.001 | 16 (34.0) | 16 (31.4) | 0.784 |
Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid | 35 (8.9) | 49 (13.1) | 0.062 | 24 (68.6) | 34 (72.3) | 0.716 | 12 (36.4) | 15 (35.7) | 0.949 |
Trimethoprim | 30 (7.6) | 26 (7.0) | 0.709 | 28 (93.3) | 26 (100) | 0.179 | 9 (31.0) | 14 (60.9) | 0.031 |
Roxithromycin | 21 (5.3) | 4 (1.1) | 0.001 | 9 (42.9) | 2 (50.0) | 0.793 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (33.3) | 0.007 |
Erythromycin | 15 (3.8) | 7 (1.9) | 0.115 | 9 (60.0) | 5 (71.4) | 0.605 | 1 (7.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0.004 |
Phenoxymethylpenicillin | 14 (3.5) | 8 (2.1) | 0.241 | 13 (92.7) | 6 (75.0) | 0.246 | 11 (84.6) | 2 (33.3) | 0.025 |
Metronidazole | 13 (3.3) | 27 (7.2) | 0.015 | 6 (46.2) | 26 (96.3) | 0.001 | 1 (9.1) | 6 (18.7) | 0.509 |
Cefaclor | 12 (3.0) | 6 (1.6) | 0.198 | 2 (16.7) | 3 (60.0) | 0.074 | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0.468 |
Flucloxacillin | 12 (3.0) | 10 (2.7) | 0.803 | 11 (91.7) | 10 (100.0) | 0.351 | 8 (72.7) | 7 (70.0) | 0.891 |
Azithromycin | 11 (2.8) | 4 (1.1) | 0.091 | 4 (36.4) | 4 (100.0) | 0.029 | 3 (27.3) | 2 (50.0) | 0.410 |