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Table 2 Summary of participant characteristics and questionnaire results from the pilot evaluation of the patient-focused intervention

From: Development of a patient-centred intervention to improve knowledge and understanding of antibiotic therapy in secondary care

Characteristic

Description

Result

Agea

Median (range) years

60 (22–85)

Gendera

Male (%)

11 (65)

Reported time spent discussing infection prior to interventiona

 Not discussed

n = (%)

3 (18)

  < 10 min

n = (%)

8 (47)

 10–30 min

n = (%)

3 (18)

  > 30 min

n = (%)

3 (18)

Antibiotic therapy discussed with patient prior to interventiona

 Yes pre-intervention

n = (%)

5 (29)

Pre-intervention knowledge and understanding scores

 

Median (IQR)

3 (2–5)

 

Mean (SD)

3.2 (2.2)

Post-intervention knowledge and understanding scores

 

Median (IQR)

10 (6–11)

 

Mean (IQR)

8.5 (3.3)

Reported usefulness of intervention

Median score (range)

1 = Not very useful

6 = Extremely useful

5 (3–6)

Would participants use the intervention again

Yes – n = (%)

13 (87)

Reported optimal time to deploy the intervention

 Initiation of therapy

n = (%)

5 (33)

 On discharge

n = (%)

2 (13)

 Any time during admission

n = (%)

8 (53)

  1. Legend: All analysis was performed only on participants with both pre- and post-questionnaires (n = 15) unless otherwise stated
  2. a n = 17 who completed pre-intervention questionnaire