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Table 3 Tele-triage categories, tele-triage decisions, and their relation to pain severity

From: Patient-reported orofacial-dental pain severity and tele-triage decisions during COVID-19 pandemic: Does the severity of pain drive tele-triage decisions?

 

Tele-triage decision b

Total

 

Remote management

N (%)

Referal

N (%)

N (%)

Triage categories

Emergency (PS 8.00 ± 2.83)a

0 (0)

4 (100)

4 (100)

Urgent (PS 7.13 ± 2.05)a

31 (16.6)

156 (83.4)

187 (100)

Not urgent (PS 5.43 ± 2.17) a

331 (97.1)

10 (2.9)

341 (100)

Total

362 (68.07)

170 (31.95)

532 (100)

Pain severity

5.69 ± 2.23

6.79 ± 2.23

 
  1. PS Pain severity on the numerical rating scale (NRS-11); all percentages represent row percentages
  2. a differences in PS across different triage categories and PS (ANOVA), P < 0.0001; b differences in tele-triage decisions across triage categories (Fischer’s exact test), P < 0.0001; differences in PS among different tele-triage decisions (ANOVA), P < 0.0001
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BMC Oral Health

ISSN: 1472-6831

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