Table 2.

Fisher's exact test used to compare in-person and phone consultations for patient answers and against questions from the doctors' survey

	Ease of communication	Perception of empathy	Understanding of diagnosis and treatment	Convenience of consultation	Concerns regarding confidentiality	Likelihood to miss consul-tation	Initiation of treatment post-consultation	Overall rating of consultation
Overall, n=118	<0.001^a	0.061	0.077	0.819	0.062	0.292	0.606	0.004^a
Gender
Men, n=63	<0.001^a	0.052	0.031^a	0.617	0.063	0.582	0.686	0.203
Women, n=55	0.011^a	0.742	0.230	0.810	0.614	0.543	0.614	0.028^a
Age
>60 years, n=76	<0.001^a	0.049^a	0.026^a	0.355	0.020^a	0.568	0.947	0.003^a
<60 years, n=42	0.060	0.731	0.425	0.181	0.841	0.498	0.330	0.390
Specialty
Cardiology, n=27	0.093	0.227	0.214	0.898	0.583	0.660	0.970	0.022
Endocrinology, n=23	0.030	0.310	0.484	0.457	0.478	0.741	0.355	0.224
Gastroenterology, n = 23	0.247	0.554	0.574	0.457	0.607	0.769	0.302	0.424
Respiratory, n=25	0.013	0.636	0.221	0.326	0.608	0.636	0.939	0.108
Clinicians' answers for like questions	<0.001^a	<0.001^a	<0.001^a	0.643	<0.001^a	n/a	<0.001^a	<0.001^a