Perceived effectiveness on use of telemedicine based on years of experience
| Reason for referral, mean (IQR) | Total (n=14) | Experience | P values | |
| Less than 10 years (n=10) | 10 years or more (n=4) | |||
| Recurrent/chronic pharyngitis | ||||
| History | 50 (50–56) | 50 (50–58) | 50 (24–50) | 0.2518 |
| Physical examination | 40 (30–50) | 43 (33–50) | 37 (29–40) | 0.3418 |
| Applying medical decision | 50 (40–50) | 50 (48.5–50.5) | 38 (28–40) | 0.0163 |
| Patient counseling | 50 (50–50) | 50 (50–50) | 50 (29–50) | 0.3947 |
| Useful for new patients* (n=11) | 11 (100) | 8 (100) | 3 (100) | – |
| Useful for follow-up patients* (n=11) | 11 (100) | 8 (100) | 3 (100) | – |
| Neck mass | ||||
| History | 50 (50–55) | 50 (50–59.5) | 40.5 (31–50) | 0.2043 |
| Physical examination | 30 (28–39) | 34.5 (27–39.5) | 28.5 (28–29) | 0.359 |
| Applying medical decision | 50 (40–50) | 50 (46.5–50) | 32.5 (32–33) | 0.0367 |
| Patient counseling | 50 (45–50) | 50 (47.5–50) | 39 (28–50) | 0.3379 |
| Useful for new patients* (n=10) | 10 (100) | 8 (100) | 2 (100) | – |
| Useful for follow-up patients* (n=10) | 9 (90) | 7 (77.8) | 2 (22.2) | 1.0000 |
| Stridor/noisy breathing | ||||
| History | 50 (50–55) | 50 (50–60) | 42 (34–50) | 0.2146 |
| Physical examination | 30 (19.5–38) | 30 (20–40) | 27.5 (19-36) | 0.8591 |
| Applying medical decision | 46.5 (38-50) | 50 (43–50) | 28 (20–36) | 0.0368 |
| Patient counseling | 50 (46.5–50) | 50 (50–50) | 41.5 (33-50) | 0.3973 |
| Useful for new patients* (n=8) | 6 (75) | 5 (83.3) | 1 (50) | 0.4643 |
| Useful for follow-up patients* (n=8) | 8 (100) | 6 (100) | 2 (100) | – |
Fisher’s exact test used to test for association among categorical variables; Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test used to assess for differences among continuous variables; p<0.05 indicates significance with statistically significant findings noted in bold.
*Indicates counts and proportion.