Model 1 Antibiotic prescription, N = 458 | Model 2 Antibiotic prescription, only intervention arms, N = 320 | Model 3 Advice to take analgesics, N = 451 | |||||||
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OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value | |
Arm UC | 1 | –- | –- | –- | 1 | ||||
GL | 2.35 | 0.71–7.76 | 0.161 | 1 | 6.17 | 1.40–27.13 | 0.016 | ||
GL-RADT | 0.65 | 0.19–2.20 | 0.488 | 0.23 | 0.08–0.71 | 0.010 | 35.39 | 7.32–171.17 | < 0.001 |
GP gender f vs. m | 1.09 | 0.40–3.98 | 0.861 | 1.13 | 0.37–3.46 | 0.833 | 1.47 | 0.42–5.10 | 0.543 |
GP age (years) | 1.05 | 0.99–1.11 | 0.131 | 1.02 | 0.96–1.09 | 0.526 | 0.90 | 0.83–0.97 | 0.006 |
Teaching GP | 0.98 | 0.36–2.66 | 0.962 | 0.49 | 0.17–1.39 | 0.178 | 2.12 | 0.60–7.51 | 0.243 |
Specialised for natural medicine | 0.11 | 0.21–0.58 | 0.009 | 0.15 | 0.03–0.85 | 0.032 | 0.58 | 0.09–3.76 | 0.566 |
Patient gender f vs. m | 0.92 | 0.51–1.64 | 0.768 | 0.80 | 0.39–1.66 | 0.547 | 1.12 | 0.62–2.04 | 0.710 |
Patient age (years) | 1.00 | 0.98–1.02 | 0.825 | 1.02 | 1.00–1.04 | 0.117 | 0.99 | 0.97–1.01 | 0.446 |
Severity of sore throat | |||||||||
light | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
moderate | 0.81 | 0.20–3.20 | 0.762 | 0.66 | 0.11–3.81 | 0.640 | 0.88 | 0.22–3.53 | 0.860 |
severe | 2.07 | 0.51–8.41 | 0.309 | 1.46 | 0.24–8.75 | 0.680 | 1.31 | 0.32–5.49 | 0.706 |
General impairment by the illness | |||||||||
severe vs. moderate | 1.37 | 0.68–2.75 | 0.372 | 0.95 | 0.39–2.34 | 0.919 | 1.33 | 0.62–2.85 | 0.457 |
Fever yes vs. no | 2.60 | 1.34–5.01 | 0.004 | 1.35 | 0.57–3.19 | 0.491 | 0.97 | 0.48–1.96 | 0.929 |
Wish to get a relieving remedy | 7.31 | 2.58–20.72 | < 0.001 | 2.92 | 0.82–10.46 | 0.100 | 1.37 | 0.55–3.45 | 0.499 |
Wish to get an antibiotic | 10.11 | 5.17–19.78 | < 0.001 | 12.18 | 5.17–28.70 | < 0.001 | 0.62 | 0.32–1.23 | 0.171 |
Centor or McIsaac score | |||||||||
≤ 2 | –- | –- | –- | 1 | –- | –- | –- | ||
≥ 3 | –- | –- | –- | 13.03 | 5.11–33.23 | < 0.001 | –- | –- | –- |
not done | –- | –- | –- | 2.75 | 0.50–15.11 | 0.245 | –- | –- | –- |