Table 5.

Healthcare resource utilisation at baseline (defined as 6 months preceding study enrolment) and 6-month study endpoint

	Baseline	6 Months
Routine consultations	n =52	n =51
Mean (SD), range	2.1 (1.51), 0–6	1.7 (1.86), 0–10
Telephone clinics	n =52	n =52
Mean (SD), range	0.8 (1.23), 0–5	0.3 (0.56), 0–2
Hospitalisations outside of routine consultations	n =52	n =52
Mean (SD), range	< 0.1 (0.19), 0–1	0.2 (0.69), 0–4