Documentation of problems and spoken safety-netting advice
| Observation (based on verbalisation) | Problems discussed | Problem documented | Verbalised SNA present | Documented SNA present | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| All problems | 516 | 453 | 87.8 | 242 | 46.9 | 105 | 20.3 |
| Acute/AoC problem | 315 | 278 | 88.3 | 169 | 53.7 | 84 | 26.7 |
| Chronic problem | 201 | 175 | 87.1 | 73 | 36.3 | 21 | 10.4 |
| First presentation (new problem) | 102 | 90 | 88.2 | 55 | 53.9 | 32 | 31.4 |
| Not first | 392 | 348 | 88.8 | 180 | 45.9 | 70 | 17.9 |
| Unclear | 22 | 15 | 68.2 | 7 | 31.8 | 3 | 13.6 |
| Single problem in consultation | 156 | 156 | 100 | 99 | 63.5 | 53 | 34.0 |
| Multiple problems in consultation | 360 | 297 | 82.5 | 143 | 39.7 | 52 | 14.4 |
| Order assessed by GP (in multi-problem consultations, n= 139) | |||||||
| 1 | 139 | 128 | 92.1 | 70 | 50.4 | 25 | 18.0 |
| 2 | 139 | 114 | 82.0 | 51 | 36.7 | 21 | 15.1 |
| 3 | 60 | 42 | 70.0 | 17 | 28.3 | 6 | 10.0 |
| ≥4 | 22 | 13 | 59.1 | 5 | 22.7 | 0 | 0 |
AoC = acute on chronic for example,, acute exacerbation of asthma. SNA = safety-netting advice.