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Table 1 Monthly medical resource use, missed school and childcare, and missed parent/carer work (N = 85 children)

From: Health-resource use and quality of life in children with bronchiectasis: a multi-center pilot cohort study

 

Month 1

Month 2

Month 3

Month 4

Month 5

Month 6

Month 7

Month 8

Month 9

Month 10

Month 11

Month 12

TOTAL

Per 100 child-mths

Number of follow-ups completed

82

84

82

83

80

80

79

78

78

78

75

72

951

N/A

Saw GP

 For bronchiectasis

7

7

8

11

10

14

11

13

9

12

8

8

118

12.4

 For other reason

4

8

6

7

5

3

6

8

6

2

3

7

65

6.8

Saw ED

 For bronchiectasis

5

3

2

1

1

0

2

1

2

0

1

0

17

1.8

 For other reason

3

0

0

1

0

2

1

0

0

0

1

1

9

1.0

Saw specialist

 For bronchiectasis

11

7

12

14

15

14

9

12

12

14

13

14

147

15.5

 For other reason

6

10

9

7

5

10

8

8

7

6

7

6

89

9.4

Had medications for any reason

51

47

48

53

51

52

48

52

46

48

43

40

579

60.9

Had antibiotics for any reason

37

34

35

40

37

39

36

42

36

37

35

29

437

46.0

Had inhaled corticosteroids for any reason

9

13

11

15

11

12

12)

11

12

9

6

8

129

13.6

Missed school/ childcare

21

17

15

20

22

26

18

22

19

21

20

16

237

24.9

Primary carer missed work

10

9

9

6

5

10

8

10

13

9

11

10

110

11.6a

Secondary carer missed work

4

4

5

2

2

4

1

2

3

3

2

1

33

3.5a

Median days missed school/ childcare (IQR)

3 (2–7)

3 (2–5)

4 (2–7)

3 (2–5.5)

3 (2–5)

4 (2.5–7)

3 (1–5)

2.5 (1–4)

4 (1–5)

3 (2–5.5)

3 (1–5)

3.5 (1.5–5.5)

948

12.0/child-year

Median days primary carer missed work (IQR)

2.5 (1.5–4)

2 (1–13)

3 (1.5–7.5)

2 (1.25–2)

2 (2–3)

3 (1.5–4)

1 (1–4)

1.5 (1–2.5)

2 (1–3)

3 (1–4)

2 (1–2.5)

2.5 (1.5–3)

278

3.5 /child-yeara

Median days secondary carer missed work (IQR)

1 (1–1)

3 (3–3)

1 (1–1)

1 (0–2)

1 (1–1)

1 (0–1)

1 (1–1)

1.5 (1–2)

4 (1–7)

2 (1–2)

1 (1–1)

2 (2–2)

37

0.5/child-yeara

  1. aOnly applies to parents/guardians who were in paid employment
  2. Abbreviations ED Emergency Department, GP general practitioner, IQR interquartile range, N/A not applicable