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Table 2 Occurrences of DNA as per weekdays and weekends

From: Impact of pre-appointment contact and short message service alerts in reducing ‘Did Not Attend’ (DNA) rate on rapid access new patient breast clinics: a DGH perspective

 

Pre-intervention (Cycle 1)

Post-intervention (Cycle 2)

p-value

Weekdays

 Attended clinic (total)

3230

1573

< 0.00001

 DNA (total)

289

69

Weekends

 Attended clinic (total)

27

132

0.140

 DNA (total)

3

5

Weekdays

 Attended clinic (Male)

206

103

1.000

 DNA (Male)

14

7

Weekends

 Attended clinic (Male)

2

7

NA

 DNA (Male)

0

0

Weekdays

 Attended clinic (Female)

3024

1470

< 0.00001

 DNA (Female)

275

62

Weekends

 Attended clinic (Female)

25

125

0.132

 DNA (Female)

3

5

Weekdays

 Age (DNA) (total)

Median 38

(Range, 14–85)

Median 47

(Range, 15–92)

0.0002

Weekends

 Age (DNA) (total)

Median 36 (Range, 28–38)

Median 40 (Range, 23–54)

0.606