Out of 117 patients, 107 patients (91.5%) replied that the questionnaire was clear and easy, and 10 patients (8.5%) replied that they had difficulties to recall all the asked information (mainly the questions about use of antibiotics and antacids). Table 2. Patient characteristics of traveling and non-traveling patients Patient characteristic Traveling patient; n=117 Non-traveling patient; n=130 p-value Male gender (%) 70 (59.8) 71 (54.6) 0.408 Age, median (IQR) 63 (21) 65 (15) 0.006 HRMO carrier at admission (%) 7 (6.0) 8 (6.2) 0.955 Antibiotic use <1y (%) 57 (51.8)a 65 (52.8)a 0.875 Antacid use <1y (%) 49 (43.0)b 57 (44.9)b 0.767 Traveling household members <1y (%) 34 (29.3)c 19 (14.6) 0.005 Animal contact (%)d,e 46 (39.3) 42 (32.3) 0.251 Domestic animal contact 39 (33.9)f 35 (27.1)g,h 0.272 Dogs 26 (22.6) 24 (18.8) 0.463 Cats 21 (18.3) 21 (16.4) 0.708 Birds 2 (1.7) 3 (2.3) NA Rabbits 1 (0.9) 1 (0.8) NA Farm animal contact 2 (1.7)f 3 (2.3)g NA Horses 2 (1.7) 2 (1.6) NA Goats 1 (0.9) 1 (0.8) NA Poultry 1 (0.9) 1 (0.8) NA Sheep 0 (0) 2 (1.6) NA Pigs 0 (0) 1 (0.8) NA Significant differences are indicated in bold text NA, not applicable, HRMO, highly resistant microorganism, y, year a seven patients with missing information b three patients with missing information c one patient with missing information 58 Chapter 2.2
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