Table 4.
Number of and Reason for Dermatology Clinic Visits and Type of Healthcare Professional Seen, per Patient-Year
| Dermatology Clinic Visits per Patient-Year | Overall Patient-Years (n=107) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Visits | Mean | SD | Median | IQR | Range | |
| All visits | 707 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 3.0 to 8.5 | 0.0 to 29.0 |
| Reason for visit | ||||||
| Routine check-up | 469 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.0 to 6.0 | 0.0 to 14.0 |
| Change in treatment | 20 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | 0.0 to 2.0 |
| Treatment dose change | 14 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | 0.0 to 2.0 |
| Receive therapy | 13 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | 0.0 to 3.0 |
| Referral | 33 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | 0.0 to 3.0 |
| Othera | 157 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 to 2.0 | 0.0 to 14.0 |
| Not known | 1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | 0.0 to 1.0 |
| Type of HCP seenb | ||||||
| Dermatologist | 652 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 3.0 to 7.0 | 0.0 to 27.0 |
| Dietician | 2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | 0.0 to 1.0 |
| Nurse | 59 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 to 1.0 | 0.0 to 6.0 |
| Psychologist | 7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | 0.0 to 1.0 |
| Otherc | 4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | 0.0 to 2.0 |
Notes: aOther types of visit: abscess in groin (n=1), biopsy (n=1), blistering on abdomen (n=1), consultant request (n=1), discuss dupilumab on Early Access to Medicine Scheme (n=1), emergency appointment (n=4), endocrinology clinic (n=1), examination (n=1), follow-up from A&E admission (n=1), patch test (n=7), patch testing which did not occur (n=1), psycho-dermatology clinic (n=1), routine check-up did not attend (DNA; n=3), swab taken (n=2), telephone clinic (n=81), telephone clinic patient DNA (n=46), ultrasound of neck (n=1), unscheduled appointment (n=2), visited eye hospital (n=1). bIncluding patients who were seen by more than one HCP during a single visit. cOther HCP seen: consultant endocrinologist (n=1), general practitioner with specialist interest (n=2), not specified (n=1).
Abbreviations: HCP, healthcare professional; IQR, inter-quartile range; SD, standard deviation.