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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Compared with no initial offer of antibiotics, antibiotic use was higher in the immediate antibiotic group : controls 30 %, immediate antibiotics 99 % (odds ratio 185. 4, 23. 9 to 1439. 2), delayed antibiotics 53 % (2. 9, 1. 4 to 5. 7), as was belief in the effectiveness of antibiotics : controls 47 %, immediate antibiotics 67 % (odds ratio 2. 4, 1. 1 to 5. 0), delayed antibiotics 55 % (1. 4, 0. 7 to 3. 0), and intention to reattend for eye infections : controls 40 %, immediate antibiotics 68 % (3. 2, 1. 6 to 6. 4), delayed antibiotics 41 % (1. 0, 0. 5 to 2. 0).