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Table 3 Total attendance, DNA and age distribution as per clinic session

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

Morning

 Attended clinic

1249

732

0.0001

 DNA

129

37

Afternoon

 Attended clinic

1527

854

< 0.00001

 DNA

135

31

Evening

 Attended clinic

498

102

0.728

 DNA

29

5

Morning

 Age (DNA)

Median 38

(Range, 14–85)

Median 47

(Range, 19–92)

0.009

Afternoon

 Age (DNA)

Median 40

(Range, 14–73)

Median 40

(Range, 15–83)

0.251

Evening

 Age (DNA)

Median 29

(Range, 16–65)

Median 52

(Range, 46–65)

0.002

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