Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of the respondents (n = 445)

From: Report on personality and adherence to antibiotic therapy: a population-based study

 

n (%)

Sex

 

Men

159 (36%)

Women

286 (64%)

Mean age (Standard deviation)

50.8 (11.7)

Education level

 

Compulsory school

104 (23.4%)

Upper secondary school

190 (42.7%)

University

147 (33%)

Missing

4 (0.9%)

Own income in SEK

 

<15 000

111 (24.9%)

15 000–25 000

185 (41.6%)

25 000–40 000

105 (23.6%)

>40 000

15 (3.4%)

Missing

29 (6.5%)

Reported infection

 

Tonsillitis

52 (11.7%)

Urinary infection

95 (21.3%)

Otitis

31 (7%)

Pneumonia

43 (9.7%)

Wound infection

44 (9.9%)

Respiratory tract infection

74 (16.6%)

Antibiotics: days prescribed

 

<7 days

50 (11.2%)

7–10 days

266 (59.8%)

10–14

85 (19.1%)

>14

37 (8.3%)

Missing

7 (1.6%)

Antibiotics: days taken

 

<7 days

57 (12.8%)

7–10 days

254 (57.1%)

10–14

79 (17.8%)

>14

33 (7.4%)

Missing

22 (4.9%)