Factors associated with non-compliant antibiotic prescriptions for urogenital gonorrhoea in Estonia, 2012–2014
| Prescription status | Bivariate analysis | Multivariable analysis | ||||
| Compliant n (%) | Non- compliant | OR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI | |
| Total prescriptions | n=232 | n=219 | – | – | – | – |
| Patient gender | ||||||
| Female | 73 (30.9) | 163 (69.1) | 6.3 | 4.2 to 9.6 | 3.0 | 1.6 to 5.9 |
| Male | 159 (73.9) | 56 (26.0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Age | ||||||
| 15–24 | 59 (37.1) | 100 (62.9) | 2.5 | 1.5 to 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 to 2.2 |
| 25–34 | 105 (59.3) | 72 (40.7) | 0.9 | 0.6 to 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 to 1.4 |
| 35+ | 68 (59.1) | 47 (40.9) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Region | ||||||
| North | 166 (58.7) | 117 (41.3) | 0.6 | 0.4 to 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 to 1.4 |
| West | 8 (22.2) | 28 (71.8) | 3.1 | 1.3 to 7.6 | 6.5 | 2.2 to 19.7 |
| South | 40 (47.1) | 45 (52.9) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| East | 18 (38.3) | 29 (61.7) | 1.4 | 0.7 to 3.0 | 3.3 | 1.3 to 8.2 |
| Doctor’s specialty | ||||||
| Dermatovenereologist | 152 (79.6) | 39 (20.4) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| General healthcare doctor | 13 (34.2) | 25 (65.8) | 7.5 | 3.5 to 16.0 | 5.6 | 2.3 to 13.8 |
| Gynaecologist | 50 (28.6) | 125 (71.4) | 9.7 | 6.0 to 15.8 | 5.9 | 2.8 to 12.4 |
| Other doctor specialty | 17 (36.2) | 30 (63.8) | 6.9 | 3.4 to 13.7 | 10.0 | 4.6 to 21.8 |
| Multiple prescriptions | 14 (53.8) | 12 (46.1) | 0.9 | 0.4 to 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.4 to 3.1 |
AOR, adjusted OR.