Table 4.
The association between symptom domain and frequent attendance, GP perception of need for rapid access investigations and avoidable delay
| n/total | Attend 3+ times | 95% CI | Rapid access investigations | Avoidable delays | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | n/total | OR | 95% CI | n/total | OR | 95% CI | |||
| Symptomsa | |||||||||
| Headache | 21/44 | 4.50 | 1.39–14.6 | 18/45 | 7.27 | 1.83–28.9 | 13/46 | 2.63 | 0.81–8.59 |
| Headache only | 11/16 | 7.92 | 1.80–34.8 | 11/15 | 42.77 | 7.01–261.2 | 5/16 | 3.64 | 0.83–15.9 |
| Headache plus | 10/28 | 3.27 | 0.91–11.8 | 7/30 | 2.88 | 0.62–13.4 | 8/30 | 2.17 | 0.59–8.04 |
| Behavioural/cognitive | 11/25 | 4.32 | 1.18–15.8 | 5/25 | 2.02 | 0.40–10.2 | 3/27 | 1.00 | 0.21–4.67 |
| Confusion | 4/12 | 2.99 | 0.61–14.8 | 0/12 | 1.00 | 2/14 | 1.38 | 0.22–8.47 | |
| Memory | 7/13 | 6.09 | 1.30–28.6 | 5/13 | 4.13 | 0.74–23.1 | 1/13 | 0.64 | 0.07–6.29 |
| Focal neurology | 22/64 | 2.71 | 0.88–8.34 | 17/68 | 4.30 | 1.14–14.1 | 16/74 | 2.13 | 0.70–6.45 |
| Fits, faints or falls | 7/36 | 1.00 | (reference) | 4/40 | 1.00 | (reference) | 6/46 | 1.00 | (reference) |
| Non-specific neurological | 5/11 | 4.12 | 0.79–21.4 | 1/11 | 1.27 | 0.11–14.1 | 3/11 | 3.59 | 0.65–19.66 |
| Other/non-specific | 10/15 | 10.17 | 2.12–48.8 | 1/14 | 0.91 | 0.08–9.86 | 2/17 | 0.83 | 0.14–6.94 |
aORs adjusted for age group, gender and ethnicity.