Respondents to the surveys included patients (27), clinicians who provided the consultations (10) and clinical or administrative staff who hosted the telehealth consultations in the remote site (8).
The intervention is very much dependent on the competence of the person providing the consultation.
LM provided the statistical consultation.
Since members of the research team provided the additional consultations (interventions), implementation of a format in daily practice will need to receive further attention.
Both patients were asked to consider their options in light of the new information provided during the consultation.
The first was a question prompt sheet provided before the consultation, which was endorsed and worked through by the clinician.
We, therefore, developed a group teaching programme to be provided before the consultation by diabetes educators or specialised nurses.
Information provided during the consultation was kept similar; a standardised questionnaire was used to keep the two assessment types comparable.
Therefore, a HRQOL questionnaire provided before the consultation might be useful to monitor, identify and discuss HRQOL issues faced by children with chronic illnesses.
When interviewed before and after a consultation with their rheumatologist, patients with RA were more accepting of and more adherent to suggested treatment if the advice provided during the consultation aligned with their lay beliefs [ 48].
