Baseline characteristics of management of UTI
vaginal irritation, dysuria, non-UTI, pain
BLOOD, UTI
A baseline review was performed to determine the medical practice of these doctors before randomization, and 145 of those charts were for patients seen by the 16 doctors who were subsequently enrolled in the study and who fulfilled criteria for UTI as done for the chart reviews for audits 2 and 3 (Fig. CONSORT diagram for the studyMedical officers’ overall management for UTI. for the three time periodsThe most common presenting symptoms were dysuria (56.6%), suprapubic pain (54.5%), back pain (35.9%) and history of vaginal irritation or discharge (35.2%) (Table Urine microscopy was the most frequently conducted test (138; 95.2%), but urine dipstick and culture were rarely performed (3.4%). Blood cultures were not performed for any patient, non-UTI laboratory tests were performed for 20 patients (13.8%), while non-UTI imaging tests were performed only for two patients. Stool for microscopy (17) and 