Distance from practice moderates the relationship between patient management involving nurse telephone triage consulting and patient satisfaction with care

Calitri, Raff, Warren, Fiona C., Wheeler, Benedict, Chaplin, Katherine, Fletcher, Emily, Murdoch, Jamie, Richards, Suzanne, Taylor, Rod S., Varley, Anna and Campbell, John (2015) Distance from practice moderates the relationship between patient management involving nurse telephone triage consulting and patient satisfaction with care. Health & Place, 34. pp. 92-96. ISSN 1873-2054

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Abstract

The ESTEEM trial was a randomised-controlled trial of telephone triage consultations in general practice. We conducted exploratory analyses on data from 9154 patients from 42 UK general practices who returned a questionnaire containing self-reported ratings of satisfaction with care following a request for a same-day consultation. Mode of care was identified through case notes review. There were seven main types: a GP face-to-face consultation, GP or nurse telephone triage consultation with no subsequent same day care, or a GP or nurse telephone triage consultation with a subsequent face-to-face consultation with a GP or a nurse. We investigated the contribution of mode of care to patient satisfaction and distance between the patient׳s home and the practice as a potential moderating factor. There was no overall association between patient satisfaction and distance from practice. However, patients managed by a nurse telephone consultation showed lowest levels of satisfaction, and satisfaction for this group of patients increased the further they lived from the practice. There was no association between any of the other modes of management and distance from practice.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Uncontrolled Keywords:	telephone triage,telephone consulting,distance from care,patient satisfaction
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Social Work
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Services and Primary Care Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Promotion Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	24 Jul 2015 22:41
Last Modified:	06 Jun 2024 14:52
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/53651
DOI:	10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.04.002

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