Table 1. Characteristics of patients in videotaped consultations used for MIPS analysis at T2 (3 months) and T3 (12 months post-T2 assessment).

Characteristics	T2, n=148	T3, n=148
Male	56 (38%)	41 (28%)
Female	92 (62%)	107 (72%)
⩽30 years	17 (11%)	9 (6%)
31 – 50 years	35 (24%)	30 (20%)
51 – 70 years	76 (51%)	80 (54%)
>70 years	20 (14%)	29 (20%)
Aim of treatment
Curative	64 (43%)	64 (43%)
Palliative	60 (40%)	64 (43%)
Remission	14 (10%)	14 (10%)
Uncertain/missing	10 (7%)	6 (4%)
Cancer site
Breast	43 (29%)	43 (29%)
GI/colorectal	32 (22%)	31 (21%)
Urological	14 (9.5%)	9 (6%)
Gynaecological	10 (7%)	20 (13.5%)
Haematological	8 (5%)	10 (7%)
Lung	8 (5%)	9 (6%)
Skin/muscular/skeletal	9 (6%)	14 (9.5%)
Other/unknown/benign	14 (9.5%)	6 (4%)
Head and neck	5 (3%)	4 (3%)
CNS	5 (3%)	2 (1%)
Length of interview
Mean (s.d.)	12.3 min (7.6)	11.71 min (5.1)
95% CI	11.05 – 13.5	10.89 – 12.56
GHQ12
Below threshold <4	97 (65.5%)	97 (65.5%)
Above threshold ⩾4	51 (34.5%)	51 (34.5%)