Table 3. Index in-person versus index remote consultations for acute cystitis, Norwegian primary care, 2018–2021. Distribution of consultations by patient age groups, year of consultation, pregnancy, multimorbidity status, antibiotic treatment <3 days, and repeat contacts <14 days
In-person consultationRemote consultationTotalχ2 test, P value
n 544 452 (92.9%)41 919 (7.1%)586 371 (100.0%)
Age groups, years
16-2577 706 (14.3%)4531 (10.8%)82 237 (14.0%)<0.001
26-3570 625 (13.0%)6532 (15.6%)77 157 (13.2%)
36-4558 752 (10.8%)5300 (12.6%)64 052 (10.9%)
46-5568 024 (12.5%)6188 (14.8%)74 212 (12.7%)
56-6574 158 (13.6%)5973 (14.2%)80 131 (13.7%)
66-7594 846 (17.4%)6256 (14.9%)101 102 (17.2%)
76-8572 064 (13.2%)4898 (11.7%)76 962 (13.1%)
86-9526 745 (4.9%)2098 (5.0%)28 843 (4.9%)
≥961532 (0.3%)143 (0.3%)1675 (0.3%)
Year
2018144 064 (26.5%)744 (1.8%)144 808 (24.7%)<0.001
2019150 296 (27.6%)1429 (3.4%)151 725 (25.9%)
2020128 016 (23.5%)17 803 (42.5%)145 819 (24.9%)
2021122 076 (22.4%)21 943 (52.3%)144 019 (24.6%)
Pregnancy registered within the calendar year of the index consultation
Not pregnant523 342 (96.1%)39 545 (94.3%)562 887 (96.0%)<0.001
Pregnant21 110 (3.9%)2374 (5.7%)23 484 (4.0%)
Multimorbidity registered within the calendar year of the index consultation
No other morbidities469 432 (86.2%)34 838 (83.1%)504 270 (86.0%)<0.001
Other morbidity75 020 (13.8%)7081 (16.9%)82 101 (14.0%)
Recurrent cystitis in the calendar year of the acute cystitis episode
<3 cystitis episodes per year511 394 (93.9%)38 745 (92.4%)550 139 (93.8%)<0.001
>3 cystitis episodes per year33 058 (6.1%)3174 (7.6%)36 232 (6.2%)
Antibiotics or not dispensed <3 days following index consultation
No antibiotic treatment114 845 (21.1%)9750 (23.3%)124 595 (21.2%)<0.001
Antibiotic treatment429 607 (78.9%)32 169 (76.7%)461 776 (78.8%)
Types of antibiotics dispensed <3 days following index consultation
First-line299 961 (69.8%)21 987 (68.3%)321 948 (69.7%)<0.001
Second-line129 646 (30.2%)10 182 (31.7%)139 828 (30.3%)
Repeat contact <14 days following index-consultation
No repeat contact418 374 (76.8%)31 134 (74.3%)449 508 (76.7%)<0.001
Repeat contact126 078 (23.2%)10 785 (25.7%)136 863 (23.3%)
Type of repeat contact <14 days following index-consultation
In-person consultation51 232 (40.6%)2655 (24.6%)53 887 (39.4%)<0.001
Remote consultation6273 (5.0%)3133 (29.0%)9 406 (6.9%)
Simple contact68 573 (54.4%)4997 (46.3%)73 570 (53.8%)
Antibiotics or not dispensed <3 days following repeat contact
No antibiotic treatment71 693 (56.9%)5959 (55.3%)77 652 (56.7%)<0.001
Antibiotic treatment54 385 (43.1%)4826 (44.7%)59 211 (43.3%)
If antibiotic treatment <3 days following index consultation and <3 days following repeat contact, antibiotic switch?
Same antibiotic repeated33 284 (26.4%)3910 (36.3%)37 194 (27.2%)<0.001
Different antibiotic92 794 (73.6%)6875 (63.7%)99 669 (72.8%)
Pyelonephritis contact <14 days following index consultation
Not pyelonephritis123 823 (98.2%)10 679 (99.0%)134 502 (98.3%)<0.001
Pyelonephritis2255 (1.8%)106 (1.0%)2 361 (1.7%)