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Table 1 General and Medical Characteristics (quantitative study)

From: Assessing patient safety in a pediatric telemedicine setting: a multi-methods study

 

Range

Mean

Median

SD

Other

 

Patients

 Age (years)

0.01–17.3

3.43

1.70

4.04

 

 Gender

Boys- 171 (50.4%);

Girls-168 (49.6%)

 Background

Healthy −92.3%

WB/Asthma- 4.2%

Parents/ Family

Range

Mean

Median

SD

Other

 

 Religion

Jewish-326 (96.2%)

Non-Jewish- 13 (3.8%)

 Gender of Parent who Called

Mothers-267 (78.8%);

Fathers-65 (19.2%);

Both-5 (1.5%);

The child-1 (0.3%)

Place of Residence

 Type

Small place (town, village, kibbutz)-119 (35.1%)

City-202 (59.6%)

Missing-18 (5.3%)

 Center/Periphery

Center-196 (57.8%),

Periphery, North-67 (19.8%)

Periphery, South-58 (17.1%)

Missing-18 (5.3%)

Doctors

 Age (years)

40–50: 78 (23%); 50–60: 127 (37.5%); > 60: 134 (39.5%)

 Gender

Male- 240 (70.8%);

Female − 99 (29.2%)

 Religion

Jewish- 222(65.5%); Muslim-86 (25.4%); Christian- 31 (9.1%)

 Country of Birth

Israel-206 (60.8%); Not Israel-133 (39.2%)

 Medical school

Israel-150 (44.2%); Not Israel-189 (55.78%)

 Specialty type

General Pediatrics-298 (87.9%)

Sub-specialty-41 (12.1%)

Shift

Range

Mean

Median

SD

 

 Call duration (minutes)

1.18–14.44

3.30

3.13

1.57

 

 Time of Shift

Evening (20.00–24.00)-161 (47.5%)

Night (24.00–06.00)-54 (15.9%);

Day (06.00–20.00)-114 (33.6%)

 Day of Shift

Weekday-165 (48.7%)

Friday-57(16.8%)

Sabbath/holiday-117(34.5%)

 Conversation type

Phone-330 (97.3%)

Video- 6 (1.8%)

Phone & Photos- 3 (0.9%)

Medical Factors

 Background diseasesa

No disease-313 (92.3%)

Wheezing Bronchitis/ Asthma −14 (4.12%)

 Duration of disease

Several minutes-10 (2.9%)

Several hours (< 24)-208 (61.4%)

Several days- 121 (35.6%)

 Severity of disease

Mild-134 (39.5%)

Moderate-190 (56%)

Severe-15 (4.4%)

 Previous doctor’s visit

Yes-77 (22.7%)

No-262 (77.3%)

 Times called service

1 time-332 (97.9%)

2 times −7 (2.1%)

 Length of conversation (min)

Range:1.18–14.54

Mean: 3.30

Median:3.13

 Correspondence to protocols

Yes-321 (94.7%)

No-18 (5.3%)

  1. a Other diseases (e.g., celiac, autism, ADHD, GER, SVT, Hydronephrosis) - very low prevalence