Table 2.
Breakdown of number of NHS appointments per type of activity organised per group and respective number of participants responsible for these appointments (12 months postrecruitment)
| Type of NHS appointment | Neurology group (n=128) | MRI group (n=95) | P value | ||||
| Total of episodes | Mean (SD) | N (%) | Total of episodes | Mean (SD) | N (%) | ||
| Primary care services | |||||||
| GP face-to-face appointment | 233 | 1.82 (2.11) | 91 (71) | 113 | 1.19 (1.64) | 57 (60) | 0.006 |
| GP phone appointment | 37 | 0.29 (0.75) | 24 (19) | 25 | 0.26 (0.49) | 23 (24) | 0.420 |
| Hospital-based services | |||||||
| Hospital outpatient appointment | 322 | 2.52 (1.19) | 128 (100) | 25 | 0.26 (0.55) | 20 (21) | <0.001 |
| Inpatient episode | 4 | 0.03 (0.35) | 1 (0.8) | 1 | 0.01 (0.10) | 1 (1.1) | 0.837 |
| Emergency department episode | 8 | 0.06 (0.24) | 8 (6.3) | 5 | 0.05 (0.22) | 5 (5.3) | 0.756 |
| Head CT | 1 | 0.01 (0.09) | 1 (0.8) | 1 | 0.01 (0.10) | 1 (1.1) | 0.832 |
| Brain MRI | 75 | 0.59 (0.49) | 75 (59) | 100 | 1.05 (0.30) | 95 (100) | <0.001 |
| Others (eg, botox and nerve injection treatments) | 39 | 0.30 (0.79) | 25 (20) | 5 | 0.05 (0.30) | 3 (3.2) | <0.001 |
GP, general practitioner; NHS, National Health Service.