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Table 1 Patient characteristics in responders and non-responders

From: Patients’ impressions of after-hours house-call services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: a questionnaire-based observational study

 

All patients

Responders

Non-responders

 
 

(n = 15,998)

(n = 1802)

(n = 14,196)

p

Age (years), n (%)

      

 < 0.001

0–15

5403

(33.8)

618

(34.3)

4785

(33.7)

 

16–64

9235

(57.7)

970

(53.8)

8265

(58.2)

 

65–74

498

(3.1)

86

(4.8)

412

(2.9)

 

 > 74

862

(5.4)

128

(7.1)

734

(5.2)

 

Male sex, n (%)

7662

(47.9)

832

(46.2)

6830

(48.1)

0.12

Telephone triage color, n (%)

      

0.2

Yellow

6230

(38.9)

722

(40.1)

5508

(38.8)

 

Orange

8548

(53.4)

930

(51.6)

7618

(53.7)

 

Red

1220

(7.6)

150

(8.3)

1070

(7.5)

 

Diagnosis category, n (%)

      

0.054

Infectious and parasitic diseases

3201

(20.0)

346

(19.2)

2855

(20.1)

 

Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases

84

(0.5)

15

(0.8)

69

(0.5)

 

Mental and behavioral disorders

78

(0.5)

8

(0.4)

70

(0.5)

 

Diseases of the nervous system

182

(1.1)

31

(1.7)

151

(1.1)

 

Diseases of the ear and mastoid process

182

(1.1)

31

(1.7)

151

(1.1)

 

Diseases of the circulatory system

151

(0.9)

17

(0.9)

134

(0.9)

 

Diseases of the respiratory system

8897

(55.6)

985

(54.7)

7912

(55.7)

 

Diseases of the digestive system

700

(4.4)

77

(4.3)

623

(4.4)

 

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

421

(2.6)

39

(2.2)

382

(2.7)

 

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

467

(2.9)

51

(2.8)

416

(2.9)

 

Diseases of the genitourinary system

537

(3.4)

64

(3.6)

473

(3.3)

 

Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified

501

(3.1)

62

(3.4)

439

(3.1)

 

Injury, poisoning, and other certain consequences of external causes

559

(3.5)

69

(3.8)

490

(3.5)

 

Other

38

(0.2)

7

(0.4)

31

(0.2)

 

Symptom severity, n (%)

      

0.78

Mild

8775

(54.9)

980

(54.4)

7795

(54.9)

 

Moderate

6913

(43.2)

784

(43.5)

6129

(43.2)

 

Severe

310

(1.9)

38

(2.1)

272

(1.9)

 

Prescription of any drugs, n (%)

13,049

(81.6)

1,439

(79.9)

11,610

(81.8)

0.049

Personal protective equipment used, n (%)

8047

(50.3)

965

(53.6)

7082

(49.9)

0.003

Diagnostic tools for COVID-19 used

3508

(21.9)

451

(25.0)

3057

(21.5)

 < 0.001

Time of medical examination (minutes), mean (SD)

29.4

(13.6)

29.8

(14.2)

29.4

(13.6)

0.24

Time of medical examination (minutes), n (%)

 < 15

2530

(15.8)

276

(15.3)

2254

(15.9)

0.78

16–25

5576

(34.9)

625

(34.7)

4951

(34.9)

 

 ≥ 26

7892

(49.3)

901

(50.0)

6991

(49.2)

 
  1. Abbreviations: AHHC after hour house call, COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, ED emergency department, SD standard deviation