Table 2.
Symptoms as noted by an out-of-hours GP (N = 529) (the S and O in the SOEP registration)
|
Main ICPC category |
Totaln = 529 % |
Referral n = 68 % |
No Referraln = 461 % |
P-value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symptom | |||||
|
General |
48 |
52 |
48 |
0.564 |
|
| |
Pain |
42 |
46 |
41 |
0.495 |
| |
Fever ≥38 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
0.762* |
| |
Other |
3 |
4 |
3 |
0.446* |
|
Digestive |
30 |
53 |
26 |
<0.001 |
|
| |
Vomiting/ nausea |
16 |
41 |
12 |
<0.001 |
| |
Swallowing problems |
8 |
6 |
8 |
0.575 |
| |
Diarrhoea |
3 |
6 |
3 |
0.137* |
| |
Ileus |
3 |
7 |
2 |
0.017* |
| |
Ascites |
2 |
6 |
2 |
0.056* |
| |
Other |
6 |
4 |
6 |
0.785* |
|
Respiratory |
26 |
31 |
25 |
0.335 |
|
| |
Dyspnoea |
26 |
31 |
25 |
0.296 |
| |
Other |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0.564* |
|
Endocrine, metabolic or nutritional |
25 |
46 |
22 |
<0.001 |
|
| |
Loss of appetite |
19 |
35 |
17 |
<0.001 |
| |
Cachexia |
6 |
12 |
5 |
0.042* |
| |
Dehydration |
4 |
16 |
3 |
<0.001* |
| |
Other |
2 |
3 |
2 |
0.625* |
|
Psychological |
24 |
19 |
24 |
0.444 |
|
| |
Agitation and confusion |
19 |
15 |
19 |
0.385 |
| |
Other |
8 |
4 |
9 |
0.249 |
|
Neurological |
16 |
9 |
17 |
0.088 |
|
| |
Drowsiness |
15 |
7 |
16 |
0.055 |
| |
Other |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0.174* |
|
Urological |
8 |
9 |
8 |
0.812 |
|
|
Cardiovascular |
5 |
13 |
4 |
0.001 |
|
| |
Pulmonary or deep venous embolism |
2 |
7 |
1 |
0.005* |
| |
Other |
2 |
6 |
2 |
0.056* |
|
Skin problems |
5 |
7 |
5 |
0.387 |
|
|
Number of Symptoms (mean, SD) |
2.1 (SD 1.4) |
3,0 (SD 1.6) |
2,0 (SD 1.3) |
0.038** |
|
| Patients with >2 symptoms | 32 | 56 | 28 | <0.001 | |
*Fisher Exact Test (2-sided).
** T-test.