Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of patients.
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Telemedicine group (n=26) | Control group (n=26) | P value | |||||
| Sex, n (%) | .99a | |||||||
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Female | 11 (42) | 10 (39) |
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Male | 15 (58) | 16 (61) |
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| Age (years), n (%) | .36a | |||||||
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18-40 | 7 (27) | 5 (19) |
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41-60 | 17 (65) | 15 (58) |
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>61 | 2 (8) | 6 (23) |
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| Medical indication, n (%) | .99a | |||||||
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Knee | 10 (39) | 9 (35) |
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Shoulder | 16 (61) | 17 (65) |
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| Distance from clinic (km), mean (SD) | 37.00 (32.06) | 31.58 (22.62) | .65b | |||||
| Self-assessed health status, mean (SD) | 2.88 (1.033) | 2.91 (0.848) | .96b | |||||
aFisher exact test.
bMann-Whitney U test.