Table 6.
Characteristics of patients’ consultations and caregivers’ follow-up
| Survey item (number of respondents to the item) | N (%) |
| Time spent with the lead clinician | |
| for new patients (N = 41) | |
| 0–15 min | 0 (0) |
| 16–30 min | 5 (12.2) |
| 31–45 min | 6 (14.6) |
| 46–60 min | 22 (53.7) |
| >60 min | 8 (19.5) |
| Time spent with lead clinician | |
| for returning patients (N = 41) | |
| 0–15 min | 4 (9.8) |
| 16–30 min | 15 (36.6) |
| 31–45 min | 14 (34.2) |
| 46–60 min | 8 (19.5) |
| Caregivers seen in the clinic (N = 102) | |
| Yes | 96 (94.1) |
| No | 6 (5.9) |
| Consultation services for caregivers (N = 96) | |
| Together with patient | 91 (94.8) |
| Separately at the same clinic | 56 (58.3) |
| Separately at different location | 9 (9.4) |
| Other | 9 (9.4) |
| Face to face interactions between visits (N = 111) | |
| Yes | 61 (55.0) |
| No | 50 (45.0) |
| If yes, where? (N = 61) | |
| Outpatient clinic | 50 (82.0) |
| Nursing homes | 29 (47.5) |
| Inpatient ward/psychiatric hospital | 25 (41) |
| Patients’ homes | 24 (39.3) |
| Residential care facility | 20 (32.8) |
| Non-face to face support (N = 111) | |
| Telephone | 109 (98.2) |
| 75 (68.5) | |
| Videoconferencing | 12 (10.8) |
| Formulate individualized care | |
| management plans (N = 110) | |
| Yes | 63 (57.3) |
| No | 47 (42.7) |
| Follow guideline or local care pathway (N = 108) | |
| Yes | 76 (70.4) |
| No | 32 (29.6) |