Table 2.
Consultations, reasons for consultation, onward referrals to secondary care, and completed clinical investigations and examinations in the intervention and control groups
| Consultation measure | Intervention, n (%)a | Control, n (%)a | Statistic (95% CI)a | P-value |
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| Persons still registered at end of study | 749 | 705 | — | — |
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| Persons consulting | 165 (22.0) | 165 (23.4) | ORb 0.92 (0.72 to 1.18) | 0.53 |
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| Total consultations | 436 (1.16/person year) | 335 (0.95/person year) | RRc 1.40 (1.11 to 1.77) | 0.004 |
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| Reason for consultation | ||||
| Blood in urine | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.00) | N/A | — |
| Blood in stool | 2 (0.5) | 4 (1.2) | 0.38 (0.07 to 2.13) | 0.27 |
| Persistent cough | 30 (6.9) | 15 (4.5) | 1.54 (0.62 to 3.82) | 0.36 |
| Haemoptysis | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | N/A | — |
| Difficulty swallowing | 2 (0.5) | 2 (0.6) | 0.77 (0.05 to 12.14) | 0.85 |
| Weight loss (unexplained) | 3 (0.7) | 1 (0.3) | 2.31 (0.25 to 21.71) | 0.47 |
| Other | 398 (91.3) | 313 (93.4) | 0.97 (0.92 to 1.03) | 0.42 |
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| Secondary care referral | 85 (19.5) | 56 (16.7) | 1.44 (0.97 to 2.14) | 0.070 |
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| Clinical investigations and examinations | 282 (64.7) | 212 (63.3) | 1.34 (1.01 to 1.77) | 0.041 |
a
Unless otherwise specified.
b
Logistic regression.
c
Zero-inflated Poisson regression. Bold text denotes significance at an alpha level of 0.05. NA = not applicable due to insufficient data. OR = odds ratio. RR = relative risk.