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Table 1 Hydroxychloroquine dosing pre-intervention versus post-intervention

From: The effect of an electronic medical record intervention on hydroxychloroquine prescribing habits and surveyed providers’ opinions of the 2016 American Academy of Ophthalmology guidelines in the rheumatology and dermatology practices of an academic institution

HCQ Dose (mg/kg/day)

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

Rheumatology, n (%)

n = 1128

Dermatology, n (%)

n = 282

Rheumatology, n (%)

n = 1161

Dermatology, n (%)

n = 110

≤ 5.0

778 (68.9)

170 (60.3)

894 (77.0)

82 (74.5)

Female

626 (80.555.5)

122 (71.843.3)

708 (79.261.0)

56 (68.350.9)

 Lupusa

148 (23.613.1)

12 (9.8 (4.3)

79 (11.26.8)

9 (16.18.2)

 RA

201 (32.117.8)

0

133 (18.811.5)

0

Male

152 (19.513.5)

48 (28.217.0)

186 (20.816.0)

26 (31.723.6)

 Lupusa

16 (10.51.4)

10 (20.83.5)

11 (5.90.9)

6 (23.15.5)

 RA

64 (42.15.7)

0

55 (29.64.7)

0

5.1–6.5

277 (24.6)

78 (27.7)

222 (19.1)

22 (20.0)

Female

256 (92.422.7)

65 (83.323.0)

197 (88.717.0)

19 (86.417.3)

 Lupusa

70 (27.36.2)

10 (15.43.5)

20 (10.21.7)

3 (15.82.7)

 RA

61 (23.85.4)

0

38 (19.33.3)

0

Male

21 ((1.9)7.6)

13 (16.74.6)

25 (11.32.2)

3 (13.62.7)

 Lupusa

4 (19.00.35)

3 (23.11.1)

2 (0.10.2)

1 (33.30.9)

 RA

11 (52.40.98)

0

10 (0.40.9)

0

≥ 6.6

73 (6.5)

34 (12.1)

45 (3.9)

6 (5.5)

Female

70 (95.96.2)

32 (94.111.3)

42 (93.33.6)

4 (66.73.6)

 Lupusa

17 (24.31.5)

3 (9.41.1)

2 (4.80.2)

0

 RA

17 (24.31.5)

0

5 (11.90.4)

0

Male

3 (4.10.27)

2 (5.90.71)

3 (6.70.3)

2 (33.31.8)

 Lupusa

0

0

0

0

 RA

2 (66.70.18)

0

2 (66.70.2)

0

  1. RA rheumatoid arthritis
  2. a Includes systemic lupus erythematosus, discoid lupus, acute cutaneous lupus, glomerular disease associated with lupus