Figure 3.

Items in favour of antibiotic treatment from part 2 of the questionnaire (Q2)⁽¹⁾: distribution of scores and factor loadings per yielded factor (1) Part 2 of the questionnaire (Q2) is assessing how strong the questionnaire items argue in favour or against antibiotic treatment in case of suspected RTI in a coughing patient. Only items that on average argue in favour of antibiotic treatment, with factor loading > .40 to only one of the yielded factors are presented. (2) Factor loadings to the yielded factor are presented. Factor 1 (F1) only includes items relating to medical reasons, either from the lung auscultation or determining whether or not there is something unusual happening, factor 2 only includes items relating to non-medical reasons, either patient or physician related. (3) The small box represents the median, the larger box the interquartile range, the wiskers the scoring range.