Table 3. Comparison between community nurses' and GPs' responses for the type of consultation conducted
Please state whether your role in the following areas of palliative care has changed during the COVID-19 pandemica
Community nurses±95% CI for (%)GPs±95% CI for (%)P valueb
Total
Home visits 387156
Doing less or a lot lessc 97 (44.5%)38.0 to 50.535 (28.9%)21.0 to 36.9<0.0001
Stayed the samec 36 (16.5%)11.5 to 21.566 (54.5%)45.1 to 63.2
Doing more or a lot morec 85 (39.0%)32.6 to 45.920 (16.5%)10.2 to 23.5
Total 218 121
Telephone reviews
Doing less or a lot lessc 93 (37.2%)31.1 to 42.972 (50.7%)42.1 to 59.0 P = 0.08
Stayed the samec 7 (2.8%)0.8 to 5.20 (0.0%)
Doing more or a lot morec 150 (60.0%)54.2 to 66.070 (49.3%)41.0 to 57.9
Total 250 142
Virtual consultations
Doing less or a lot lessc 34 (13.0%)9.0 to 17.642 (34.1%)25.8 to 43.0<0.0001
Stayed the same9 (3.4%)1.5 to 5.62 (1.6%)0.0 to 4.3
Doing more or a lot morec 218 (83.5%)78.8 to 88.179 (64.2%)55.2 to 72.6
Total 261 123
Face-to-face visits
Doing less or a lot lessc 38 (13.9%)10.0 to 18.253 (39.8%)31.8 to 48.0<0.0001
Stayed the samec 25 (9.1%)5.8 to 12.879 (59.4%)50.8 to 67.6
Doing more or a lot morec 211 (77.0%)71.7 to 81.91 (0.8%)0.0 to 2.4
Total 274 133
  • aThose who gave the responses, ‘not my role’ and missing responses were excluded from the analysis.bχ2 test. cPairwise Z-test with Bonferroni correction, significant at <0.05 level.