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 visits387156
Doing less or a lot lessc97 (44.5%)38.0 to 50.535 (28.9%)21.0 to 36.9<0.0001
Stayed the samec36 (16.5%)11.5 to 21.566 (54.5%)45.1 to 63.2
Doing more or a lot morec85 (39.0%)32.6 to 45.920 (16.5%)10.2 to 23.5
Total218121
Telephone reviews
Doing less or a lot lessc93 (37.2%)31.1 to 42.972 (50.7%)42.1 to 59.0P = 0.08
Stayed the samec7 (2.8%)0.8 to 5.20 (0.0%)
Doing more or a lot morec150 (60.0%)54.2 to 66.070 (49.3%)41.0 to 57.9
Total250142
Virtual consultations
Doing less or a lot lessc34 (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 morec218 (83.5%)78.8 to 88.179 (64.2%)55.2 to 72.6
Total261123
Face-to-face visits
Doing less or a lot lessc38 (13.9%)10.0 to 18.253 (39.8%)31.8 to 48.0<0.0001
Stayed the samec25 (9.1%)5.8 to 12.879 (59.4%)50.8 to 67.6
Doing more or a lot morec211 (77.0%)71.7 to 81.91 (0.8%)0.0 to 2.4
Total274133
  • 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.