They are given a choice of one-to-one, telephone or Skype consultations the same day.
We did not have a system to triage under-five or any other severe cases 2) IMCI clinic was not working every day because we did not understand why having IMCI and adult consultations the same day.
Some patients were interested in the possibility of consultations with specialists, a more detailed consultation with the same doctor or even the ability to consult, because there is no health service in her city.
The secondary outcome measure was return to consultation, defined as requirement of new consultation for the same reason as the first one in primary care, either with a nurse or GP, within a 7-day period.
The secondary outcome measure was return to consultation, defined as requirement of new consultation for the same reason as the first one, in primary care within a 7-day period.
Replacing the routine face-to-face nurse consultation with the choice of telephone interview or face-to-face consultation with the same nurse has been shown to reduce colonoscopy non-attendance rates from 14.9%to0.8%8% (P<0.001; Rodger and Steele, 2008).
As a consequence of the analysis on the consultation level, multiple consultations with the same person could be a source of confounding.
While there was no further discussion of mental health in this consultation, the patient himself raised it in a subsequent consultation with the same nurse.
Patients will be contacted by phone two weeks after the clinical encounter to complete a short interview (adherence to the decision, consultation for the same reason, decisional regret, quality of life, and intention to engage in SDM).
