| Survey 1 | Survey 2 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
 | n | % | n | % |
Appropriateness of advice | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Very appropriate | 500 | 68.6 | 302 | 71.7 |
Quite appropriate | 173 | 23.7 | 67 | 20.7 |
Not very appropriate | 27 | 3.5 | 17 | 4.0 |
Not appropriate at all | 29 | 3.7 | 15 | 3.6 |
Not answered | 45 | Â | 36 | Â |
Appropriateness of advice about timing | Â | Â | Â | Â |
About right | 462 | 83.2 | 295 | 85.3 |
Problem was more urgent than NHSD said | 15 | 2.7 | 7 | 2.0 |
Problem was less urgent than NHSD said | 20 | 3.6 | 9 | 2.6 |
No advice given on timing | 58 | 10.5 | 35 | 10.1 |
Not answered | 219 | Â | 111 | Â |
Helpfulness of advice | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Very helpful | 495 | 69.1 | 297 | 71.6 |
Quite helpful | 163 | 22.8 | 82 | 19.8 |
Not very helpful | 39 | 5.5 | 22 | 5.3 |
Not helpful at all | 19 | 2.7 | 14 | 3.4 |
Not answered | 58 | Â | 42 | Â |
How easy it was to follow advice | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Very easy | 541 | 76.7 | 324 | 76.8 |
Quite easy | 119 | 16.9 | 62 | 14.7 |
Quite difficult | 32 | 4.5 | 16 | 3.8 |
Very difficult | 13 | 1.8 | 20 | 4.7 |
Not answered | 69 | Â | 35 | Â |
Total | 774 | 100.0 | 457 | 100.0 |
Rule based rating of health actions following call | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Necessary and sufficient | 624 | 80.6 | 362 | 84.4 |
Unnecessary | 132 | 17.1 | 47 | 11.0 |
Insufficient | 11 | 1.4 | 14 | 3.3 |
Unclassifiable | 7 | 0.9 | 6 | 1.4 |
Total | 774 | 100.0 | 429* | 100.0 |