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Table 7 Healthcare service use by participants

From: A pilot randomised controlled trial of a Telehealth intervention in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: challenges of clinician-led data collection

 

Standard

Telehealth

Total

Sample size

25

23

48

Proportion with hospital admissions

   

Number

4

8

12

Percentage

16.0%

34.8%

25.0%

Number of hospital admissions

  

Total

7

16

23

Mean

0.28

0.70

0.48

Maximum

3

5

5

Total number of hospital days

  

Total

21

129

150

Mean

0.84

5.61

3.13

Maximum

14

43

43

Proportion with A&E visits

   

Number

4

1

5

Percentage

16.0%

4.3%

10.4%

Number of A&E visits

   

Total

5

1

6

Mean

0.20

0.04

0.13

Maximum

2

1

2

Proportion with community nurse contacts

  

Number

4

5

9

Percentage

16.0%

21.7%

18.8%

Number of community nurse contacts

  

Total

8

13

21

Mean

0.32

0.57

0.44

Maximum

3

4

4

Mortality rate

   

Number

1

1

2

Percentage

4.0%

4.3%

4.2%