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Table 4 Questions directed to clinicians

From: Communication with young people in paediatric and adult endocrine consultations: an intervention development and feasibility study

Questioner

Pre-intervention phase

Intervention phase

Total

 

(n = 34, 4 unaccompanied)

Used an intervention (n = 11, 2 unaccompanied)

Did not use an intervention (n = 8, none unaccompanied)

(n = 53, 6 unaccompanied)

Young person

21 (62%) asked 77 questions (median = 2, range 1–20)

8 (73%) asked 22 questions (median = 2.5 range 1–6)

5 (63%) asked 33 questions (median = 4 range 2–18)

34 (64%) asked 132 questions (median = 2.5 range 1–20)

Accompanying relative (usually parent)

25 (83%) asked 112 questions

(median = 4, range 1–11)

8 (89%) asked 59 questions (median = 6, range 1–22)

6 (75%) asked 39 questions (median = 4.5, range 1–18)

39 (83%) asked 210 questions (median = 4, range 1–22)