Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the pilot study population
Dermatology (N=805) | Pneumology (N=303) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control | Intervention | P | Control | Intervention | P | |
Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||||
Age group (years), n (%) | ||||||
0-14 | 24 (5.78) | 28 (7.18) | 0.971 | 1 (0.64) | 0 (0.00) | 0.071 |
14-18 | 24 (5.78) | 24 (6.15) | 2 (1.27) | 0 (0.00) | ||
18-25 | 31 (7.47) | 31 (7.95) | 6 (3.82) | 0 (0.00) | ||
25-35 | 47 (11.33) | 36 (9.23) | 9 (5.73) | 3 (2.05) | ||
35-50 | 93 (22.41) | 89 (22.82) | 20 (12.74) | 24 (16.44) | ||
50-65 | 74 (17.83) | 67 (17.18) | 54 (34.39) | 47 (32.19) | ||
65-80 | 81 (19.52) | 79 (20.26) | 54 (34.39) | 62 (42.47) | ||
> 80 | 41 (9.88) | 36 (9.23) | 11 (7.01) | 10 (6.85) | ||
Gender (male), n (%) | 177 (42.65) | 169 (43.33) | 0.901 | 92 (58.60) | 94 (64.38) | 0.360 |
Attendance history | ||||||
Attended to the last visit, n (%) | 281 (70.96) | 284 (75.94) | 0.340 | 120 (76.92) | 116 (80.56) | 0.355 |
Major ambulatory surgery, mean (SD) | 0.16 (0.36) | 0.16 (0.37) | 0.773 | - | - | - |
Rate of attendance of previous appointments, mean (SD) | 0.75 (0.19) | 0.76 (0.17) | 0.853 | 0.77 (0.11) | 0.78 (0.10) | 0.499 |
Lead time (days)a, mean (SD) | 125.35 (102.1) | 123.68 (98.47) | 0.814 | 188.03 (165.64) | 216.45 (170.64) | 0.142 |
N° of previous visits, mean (SD) | 42.96 (45.76) | 44.37 (48.78) | 0.681 | 69.93 (62.27) | 70.33 (60.89) | 0.955 |
Time from last visit (days), mean (SD) | 141.53 (312.56) | 169.11 (407.8) | 0.291 | 67.32 (73.37) | 128.95 (338.93) | 0.028 |