Table 1.

Characteristics of Included RCTs for Patient Satisfaction, Patient Preference for Future Follow-Up, and/or Costs.

Study	Country	Surgical subtype	Type of RA	RA group (n)	Conventional group (n)	Methods of quantifying satisfaction	Secondary outcome
Sathiyakumar et al (10)	United States	Orthopedics	Video	7	9	Likert scale style question on satisfaction	Follow-up and cost (patient)
Viers et al (11)	United States	Urology	Video	28	27	Likert scale style question on satisfaction	Follow-up and cost (patient)
Healy et al (12)	Ireland	General surgery	Telephone	81	61	Likert scale style question on satisfaction	Follow-up and cost (patient)
Buvik et al (13)	Norway	Orthopedics	Video	196	185	Selected questions from the Norwegian OutPatient Experiences Questionnaire	Cost (institution and patient)
Thompson et al (14)	United States	Gynecology	Telephone	50	50	S-CAHPS Questionnaire
Augestad et al (15)	Norway	General surgery	Video	52	58	Norwegian OutPatient Experiences Questionnaire (OPEQ)	Follow-up and cost (patient)
Kane et al (16)	United States	Orthopedics	Video	28	30	Selected Questionnaire on satisfaction via online form on REDCap	Follow-up and cost (institution and patient)
Studies below are included in analysis of secondary outcomes only
Ma et al (17)	Australia	General surgery	Telephone	66	79	NA	Follow-up and cost (institution)
Cremades et al (18)	Spain	General surgery	Video	74	90	NA	Cost (institution)
Westra and Niessen (19)	The Netherlands	Plastic surgery	Video	16	15	NA	Cost (institution and patient)

Abbreviations: RA, remote appointments; RCT, randomized controlled trial.