Table 3 Annual number of GP contacts (mean (SD)) for primary and secondary care IBS patients and matched controls specified per year before and after the diagnosis of IBS
T = −3 Mean (SD) | T = −2 Mean (SD) | T = −1 Mean (SD) | Mean annual before (SD) | T = +1 Mean (SD) | T = +2 Mean (SD) | T = +3 Mean (SD) | Mean annual after Mean (SD) | Mean dif Mean (SD) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Consults and home visits during office hours | Primary care patients | – | 6 (6) | 7 (6) | 6 (6) | 8 (6) | 8 (7) | 8 (7) | 8 (6) | 2 (6) |
Secondary care patients | 6 (6) | 7 (6) | 10 (7) | 8 (6) | 9 (8) | 9 (8) | 10 (9) | 9 (8) | 1 (7) | |
Primary care controls | – | 4 (4) | 5 (5) | 4 (5) | 4 (5) | 4 (5) | 5 (6) | 4 (5) | 0 (5) | |
Secondary care controls | 5 (5) | 5 (6) | 5 (5) | 5 (5) | 5 (5) | 5 (5) | 5 (6) | 5 (5) | 0 (5) | |
2. Consults and home visits outside office hours | Primary care patients | – | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (1) | 0 (1) |
Secondary care patients | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | 1 (2) | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | 0 (1) | |
Primary care controls | – | 0 (0) | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | |
Secondary care controls | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | |
3. Repeat prescriptions | Primary care patients | – | 4 (6) | 4 (5) | 4 (6) | 5 (7) | 5 (7) | 6 (8) | 5 (7) | 2 (7) |
Secondary care patients | 4 (6) | 5 (6) | 5 (6) | 5 (6) | 6 (7) | 7 (8) | 7 (8) | 7 (7) | 2 (7) | |
Primary care controls | – | 4 (6) | 4 (6) | 4 (6) | 4 (5) | 4 (5) | 4 (6) | 4 (5) | 0 (5) | |
Secondary care controls | 4 (5) | 4 (6) | 4 (6) | 4 (6) | 4 (6) | 4 (6) | 4 (6) | 4 (6) | 0 (6) | |