Table 2.
Consultation reduction
| Intervention | Group | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Children’s On-Call app (Lepley et al, 2019)14 | ED re-attendance, incidence rate ratio (95% CI): | |
| App versus control, n= 24 | 1.14 (0.6 to 2.3) | |
| Book and video versus control, n= 25 | 0.78 (0.3 to 1.7) | |
| Book and app versus control, n= 24 | 0.60 (0.3 to 1.4) | |
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| Should I See a Doctor? app (Verzantvoort et al, 2018),15 n= 4456 | App advice, % of participants | Intention to follow app advice, % of subgroup |
| See own GP in hours: 15.6 | 75 | |
| See OOH GP: 42.4 | 61 | |
| Self-care: 33.8 | 67 | |
| Wait and see: 8.3 | 56 | |
ED = emergency department. OOH = out of hours.