Table 3 Number of patients with specific therapies per year
PRE-INDEX | POST-INDEX | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Pre-index | FP 1 | FP 2 | |
Total, n | 1100 | 1100 | 1025 |
Medication: at least one prescription of specific medication, n (%)* | |||
Total | 1010 (92) | 1010 (92) | 916 (89) |
Antibiotics | 783 (71) | 809 (74) | 670 (65) |
Medication for functional disorder of the bladder | 686 (62) | 674 (61) | 564 (55) |
Prophylactic antibiotics | 533 (48) | 575 (52) | 424 (41) |
Pain medication | 452 (41) | 474 (43) | 424 (41) |
Antidepressants | 266 (24) | 288 (26) | 255 (25) |
Muscle relaxants | 135 (12) | 102 (9) | 113 (11) |
Supplements & herbal anti-infectives | 105 (10) | 120 (11) | 92 (9) |
Sleep aids | 72 (7) | 87 (8) | 69 (7) |
Sterile rinsing of the bladder | 35 (3) | 43 (4) | 28 (3) |
Continuous medication: at least one prescription of specific medication in each quarter of the same year, n (%) | |||
Antibiotics | 122 (11) | 168 (15) | 118 (12) |
Pain medication | 112 (10) | 131 (12) | 112 (11) |
Total disjunct | 239 (22) | 297 (27) | 228 (22) |
IC catheter prescription, n (%)** | |||
IC catheter | – | 1100 (100) | 525 (48) |
Mean number of IC prescription/ IC user | – | 4.22 | 5.81 |