Table 2 Interventions offered at the GP consultations. Percent figures are expressed as percentages of the respondents who had consulted their GP (n = 936)
From: Tinnitus services in the United Kingdom: a survey of patient experiences
Intervention | Respondents | |
|---|---|---|
(n) | (%) | |
Information provided | 100 | 10.7 |
Referred to secondary care | 718 | 76.6 |
Referred to ENT or Audiovestibular Medicine (AVM) physician | 519 | 55.4 |
Referred to Audiology | 267 | 28.5 |
Referred to ENT or AVM and Audiology | 68 | 4.5 |
Medication prescribed | 188 | 20.1 |
GP follow-up appointment arranged (watchful waiting) | 32 | 3.4 |
None | 183 | 19.5 |
Hearing test at the GP surgery | 26 | 2.8 |
In-house dewaxing arranged | 9 | 1.0 |
Referred to GP colleague with special interest in ENT (GPWSI) | 10 | 1.1 |
Referred to high street service | 2 | 0.2 |
MRI arranged | 6 | 0.6 |