|
Number (%) /mean (SD)
|
Randomised group
|
|---|
| |
Tele-medicine N = 1051
|
Standard N = 1043
|
Total N = 2094
|
|
LONDON (N = 1232)
| | | |
|
Specialty
| | | |
|
Orthopaedics
|
185 (30%)
|
190(31%)
|
375 (30%)
|
|
Urology
|
117(19%)
|
113(18%)
|
230 (19%)
|
|
ENT
|
109(18%)
|
111 (18%)
|
220(18%)
|
|
Gastroenterology
|
117(19%)
|
121 (20%)
|
238 (19%)
|
|
Endocrinology
|
42 (7%)
|
28 (4%)
|
70 (6%)
|
|
Rheumatology
|
46 (7%)
|
53 (9%)
|
99 (8%)
|
|
Sex
| | | |
|
Male
|
301 (49%)
|
291 (47%)
|
592 (48%)
|
|
Female
|
315(51%)
|
325 (53%)
|
640 (52%)
|
|
Age (at randomisation in years)
| | | |
|
Mean (SD)
|
49 (20)
|
48 (20)
|
48 (20)
|
|
Age grouping
| | | |
|
Adults
|
578 (94%)
|
577 (94%)
|
1155(94%)
|
|
Children (<16 years)
|
38 (6%)
|
39 (6%)
|
77 (6%)
|
|
WALES (N = 862)
| | | |
|
Specialty
| | | |
|
Neurology
|
43 (10%)
|
38 (9%)
|
81 (9%)
|
|
Urology
|
29 (7%)
|
35 (8%)
|
64 (8%)
|
|
ENT
|
186(43%)
|
179 (42%)
|
365 (42%)
|
|
Gastroenterology General Medicine
|
98 (22%) 79 (18%)
|
95 (22%) 80 (19%)
|
193 (23%) 159(18%)
|
|
Sex
| | | |
|
Male
|
208 (48%)
|
217(51%)
|
425 (49%)
|
|
Female
|
227 (52%)
|
210(49%)
|
437(51%)
|
|
Age (at randomisation in years)
| | | |
|
Mean (SD)
|
47(21)
|
48 (22)
|
48(21)
|
|
Age grouping
| | | |
|
Adults
|
384 (88%)
|
385 (90%)
|
769 (89%)
|
|
Children (<16 years)
|
51 (12%)
|
42 (10%)
|
93(11%)
|
-
a excludes 36 patients randomised in error
