Table 2. Consultations, referrals, and prescriptions related to the disorder in patients with vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) and uncertain VVC

	VVC (n = 5088)	Uncertain VVC (n = 1978)	P-value
Telephone consultation
Patients, n (%)	2898 (57.0)	1643 (83.1)	<0.001^a
Consultations per patient, mean (SD)	1.2 (1.7)	3.1 (4.1)	<0.001^a
Face-to-face consultation
Patients, n (%)	3524 (69.3)	1801 (91.1)	<0.001^a
Consultations per patient, mean (SD)	1.5 (2.0)	3.9 (4.6)	<0.001^a
Referrals
Patients referred to gynaecology, n (%)	222 (4.4)	351 (17.7)	0.009^b
Patients referred for diagnostics, n (%)	156 (3.1)	241 (12.2)	<0.001^a
Patients with one or more referrals, n (%)	1246 (24.5)	995 (50.3)	0.006^b
Prescriptions
Patients that received local treatment, n (%)	2956 (58.1)	1130 (57.1)	0.002^b
Patients that received oral treatment, n (%)	579 (11.4)	442 (22.3)	0.673
Prescription per patient, mean (SD)	1.9 (1.5)	4.1 (3.2)	<0.001^a