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. 2026 Apr 7;17:1798381. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2026.1798381

Table 4.

One-year follow-up visits and hospitalizations by neurologist in 291 patients originally randomized to either video- or face-to-face consultations for headache.

Video (n = 151) Face-to-face (n = 140) Confidence intervals
(CI)
p-value
Follow-up headache consultations by neurologist, n (%) 19/142 (13.4) 22/131 (16.8) [0.674, 2.527] 0.540
Follow-up headache consultations by neurologist, median (IQR) 0 (0–5) 0 (0–6) NA 0.420
Follow-up hospitalizations due to headache, n (%) 3/139 (2.2) 2/130 (1.5) NA NA
Follow-up neurological headache hospitalizations, median (IQR) 0 (0–1) 0 (0–2) NA NA
Follow-up neurological headache consultations + hospitalizations, n (%) 22/139 (16.8) 24/130 (18.5) [0.637, 2.273] 0.752
Follow-up neurological headache consultations + hospitalizations, median (IQR) 0 (0–5) 0 (0–6) NA 0.421
Follow-up headache consultations by GP, n (%) 89/141 (63.1) 92/133 (69.2) [0.793, 2.166] 0.309
Follow-up headache consultations by GP, median (IQR) 1.0 (0–15) 1.0 (0–15) NA 0.156

Mean (SD), median (IQR) or numbers (%) are presented. GP, general practitioner; IQR, interquartile range; NA, not applicable; SD, standard deviation.