Patient preferences for treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections in the emergency department

Table 5 Participant characteristics associated with preference for single intravenous dose to complete antibiotic therapy on baseline and follow-up surveys

Survey, Characteristic	Univariate Analyses p-value*	Multivariate Analyses Odds ratio (95% Confidence Interval)	Multivariate Analyses p-value
Baseline Survey
Age	0.007	0.97 (0.98–1.00)	0.056
Diabetes (Type 1 or 2)	0.021	0.31 (0.11–0.89)	0.029
Employed at Time of ABSSSI	0.069	1.78 (0.682–4.63)	0.240
Follow-up Surveyǂ
Age	0.080	0.99 (0.94–1.04)	0.678
Charlson Comorbidity Index	0.033	0.85 (0.60–1.21)	0.359
4-year college graduate or more	0.153	2.67 (0.86–8.33)	0.091

COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder
*Only variables with a p-value < 0.20 on univariate analyses were carried into multivariate logistic regression. Other variables tested included patient characteristics present on ED admission (Table 2)
ǂ None of the identified patient characteristics were significantly associated with preference for single intravenous dose during multivariate analyses

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