Table 2 Patient’s use of services at baseline, six and twelve months of the evaluation period
Service | Baseline | 6 months | 12 months | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CBT (n = 48) | SL (n = 46) | CBT (n = 45) | SL (n = 38) | CBT (n = 41) | SL (n = 43) | |||||||
Users Contacts | Users Contacts | Users Contacts | Users Contacts | Users Contacts | Users Contacts | |||||||
N (%) | Mean (S.D.) | N (%) | Mean (S.D.) | N (%) | Mean(S.D.) | N (%) | Mean(S.D.) | N (%) | Mean (S.D.) | N (%) | Mean (S.D.) | |
General practitioner | 41 (85) | 2.9 (2.6) | 38 (83) | 2.0 (1.1) | 41 (85) | 2.8 (2.1) | 29 (62) | 2.8 (3.8) | 32 (67) | 2.4 (1.8) | 31 (67) | 1.7 (0.8) |
Neurologist | 33 (69) | 1.6 (1.2) | 29 (63) | 1.1 (0.4) | 22 (46) | 1.2 (0.4) | 16 (35) | 1.1 (0.5) | 22 (46) | 1.2 (0.7) | 15 (33) | 1.0 (0) |
Other doctors (including dentist) | 26 (54) | 4.3 (11.7) | 18 (39) | 1.7 (1.1) | 16 (33) | 4.9 (8.1) | 18 (39) | 2.9 (3.3) | 20 (42) | 2.0 (1.8) | 20 43) | 1.8 (1.3) |
MS nurse | 39 (81) | 2.3 (4.1) | 38 (83) | 1.5 (1.0) | 28 (58) | 1.4 (0.6) | 22 (48) | 1.7 (1.2) | 23 (48) | 1.6 (1.2) | 24 (52) | 1.4 (0.8) |
Pharmacist | 9 (19) | 1.8 (1.1) | 8 (17) | 1.8 (1.2) | 7 (15) | 1.9 (1.1) | 4 (9) | 2.0 (0.8) | 3 (6) | 1.0 (0) | 9 (20) | 3.3 (6.3) |
Therapist | 2 (67) | 5.5 (3.5) | 1 (2) | 3.0 (.) | 5 (10) | 5.0 (2.2) | 3 (7) | 3.7 (4.6) | 1 (2) | 6.0 (.) | 4 (9) | 6.0(3.6) |
Physiotherapist | 12 (46) | 5.4 (8.1) | 14 (30) | 4.2 (3.2) | 5. [10] | 9.2 (11.7) | 8 (17) | 4.0 (2.7) | 8 (17) | 8.1 (5.1) | 10 (22) | 8.6 (9.9) |
Alternative therapy | 9 (41) | 5.3 (4.5 | 13 (28) | 3.0 (2.2) | 7 (15) | 5.4 (4.3) | 10 (22 | 4.5 (5.1) | 11 (23) | 6.5 (5.6) | 13(28) | 9.9 (8.8) |
Other community-based professionals | 1 (2) | 20.0 (.) | 0 | – | 9 (19) | 228.6 (340.7) | 10 (22) | 50.8 (39.1) | 11 (23) | 7.4 (7.5) | 7 (15) | 3.7 (3.4) |
Medicine | 43 (90) | 33 (72) | 39 (81) | 33 (72) | 37 (77) | 37 (80) | ||||||
Hospital-based services | ||||||||||||
In-patient (length of stay) | 4 (8) | 1.3 (0.5) | 5 (11) | 1.0 (0) | 2 (4) | 14.0 (15.6) | 3 (7) | 1.0 (0) | 2 (4) | 12.5 (16.3) | 1 (2) | 14.0 (.) |
Accident and emergency | 4 (8) | 1.5 (0.7) | 3 (7) | 1.0 (0) | 3 (6) | 1.0 (0) | 2 (4) | 1 (0) | 2 (4) | 1.5 (0.7) | 3 (7) | 1.0 (0) |
Investigations (blood test, MRI, x-ray, CT/CAT scan, EEG) | 34 (71) | 2.5 (1.6) | 33 (72) | 2.4(1.3) | 27 (56) | 2.0 (1.2) | 18 (39) | 2.3 (1.6) | 23 (48) | 2.5 (2.2) | 25 (54) | 1.6(0.8) |
Time off work (days) | 7 (15) | 11 (16) | 7 (15) | 7 (11) | 9 (19) | 11 (30) | 7 (15) | 6 (8) | 9 (19) | 19 (34) | 7 (15) | 23 (44) |
Informal care (hours per/week) | 48 (100) | 9 (15) | 45 (98) | 6 (10) | 42 (88) | 8 (16) | 38 (83) | 5 (11) | 40 (83) | 9 (14) | 42 (91) | 9 (13) |