Figure 5

Items against antibiotic treatment from part 2 of the questionnaire (Q2) ⁽¹⁾ : distribution of scores and factor loadings per yielded factor (1) Part 2 of the questionnaire is assessing how strong the questionnaire items argue in favour or against antibiotic treatment in case of suspected RTI in a coughing patient. Only items that on average argue against antibiotic treatment, with factor loading > .40 to the yielded factor are presented. (2) Factor loadings to the yielded factor are presented. Factor 1 (F1)only includes items expressing no need for antibiotic treatment, either medical or non-medical. (3) The small box represents the median, the larger box the interquartile range, the wiskers the scoring range.