Table 3 Test and treatment thresholds, before and after being given results of the home test for influenza
Before being given the home test result | After being given the home test result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Probability of influenza (95% CI) | p-value | Probability of influenza (95% CI) | p-value | |
Test threshold | ||||
Overall | 23.7 (21.9 to 24.7) | 26.3 (23.8 to 29.1) | ||
Practice type | 0.12 | 0.34 | ||
Primary care | 24.3 (21.7, 26.5) | 28.9 (26.2, 30.3) | ||
Non-primary care | 16.3 (13.3, 24.3) | 23.7 (21.6, 27.3) | ||
Years in practice | 0.52 | 0.81 | ||
0–10 | 23 (20.3, 25.2) | 27.7 (25.3, 30.2) | ||
> 10 | 25 (22.2, 27.3) | 26.9 (23.7, 29.3) | ||
Specialty | 0.57 | 0.24 | ||
Family physician | 24.7 (21.8, 27.4) | 29.8 (26.4, 32.3) | ||
Non-family physician | 22.8 (20.2, 26.4) | 25.6 (23.4, 30.2) | ||
Diagnostic test | 0.22 | 0.54 | ||
Molecular or PCR | 21.7 (18.4, 24.6) | 25.2 (22.3, 28.4) | ||
Older antigen test | 18.9 (16.2, 22.6) | 27.3 (23.4, 30.1) | ||
Survey type | 0.23 | 0.73 | ||
Online | 26.1 (23.6, 28.8) | 27.0 (25.8, 29.2) | ||
Written | 22.5 (20.2, 24.1) | 26.0 (24.6, 27.4) | ||
Treatment threshold | ||||
Overall | 62.8 (58.3 to 65.3) | 59.4 (56.3 to 62.4) | ||
Practice type | < 0.01 | 0.01 | ||
Primary care | 63.5 (58.3, 67.6) | 58.2 (52.3, 62.2) | ||
Non-primary care | 53.9 (50.4, 56.4) | 37.1 (33.3, 43.2) | ||
Years in practice | < 0.01 | 0.44 | ||
0–10 | 66.4 (62.5, 70.2) | 60.6 (56.3, 65.4) | ||
> 10 | 60.9 (56.8, 64.1) | 56.9 (52.7, 60.2) | ||
Specialty | 0.83 | 0.1 | ||
Family Medicine physician | 63.7 (60.4, 66.6) | 57.8 (53.2, 61.6) | ||
Other clinician | 63.5 (60.2, 65.8) | 60.9 (56.2, 65.4) | ||
Diagnostic test | 0.6 | 0.54 | ||
Molecular or PCR | 62.2 (58.4, 64.2) | 56.7 (52.2, 60.5) | ||
Older antigen test | 63.7 (60.4, 65.4) | 53.3 (50.8, 58.7) | ||
Survey type | 0.12 | 0.46 | ||
Online | 52.5 (50.3, 55.2) | 54.0 (52.3, 56.1) | ||
Written | 59.5 (54.6, 62.4) | 59.5 (54.2, 52.6) | ||