Patient characteristics |
Age (decades) | 1.15 | 0.86 to 1.54 | 0.343 |
Sex: Female (Ref) Male | 0.55 | 0.22 to 1.38 | 0.204 |
No comorbidities (Ref) |
At least one comorbidity | 0.55 | 0.17 to 1.82 | 0.326 |
Employed (Ref) |
Not employed | 1.00 | 0.39 to 2.54 | 1.000 |
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Patient illness information |
Clinician rated symptom severity at consultationb | 1.13 | 0.78 to 1.64 | 0.545 |
Patient rated symptom severity on day 1b | 0.99 | 0.72 to 1.35 | 0.938 |
Waited <7 days before consulting (Ref) |
Waited ≥7 days before consulting | 0.86 | 0.35 to 2.13 | 0.746 |
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Clinician working diagnosis |
Lower respiratory tract infection (Ref) |
Asthma/COPD-related illness | 0.35 | 0.05 to 2.60 | 0.308 |
Upper respiratory tract infection | 0.35 | 0.12 to 1.00 | 0.050 |
Non-specific respiratory tract infection | 0.21 | 0.05 to 0.97 | 0.046 |
Viral/other illness | 0.11 | 0.02 to 0.53 | 0.005 |
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Duration of advised delay |
<7 days (Ref) |
≥7 days | 0.38 | 0.11 to 1.29 | 0.120 |
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Patient behaviour |
Patient did not want antibiotics (Ref) |
Patient wanted antibiotics | 2.51 | 1.06 to 5.90 | 0.035 |
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Clinician perception ‘This patient wanted me to prescribe antibiotics for them’ |
Clinician does not agree (Ref) |
Clinician agrees | 0.38 | 0.15 to 1.00 | 0.050 |
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Clinician perception: ‘Antibiotics will help this patient get better quicker’ |
Clinician does not agree (Ref) |
Clinician agrees | 1.30 | 0.52 to 3.22 | 0.573 |