Descriptive overview of the sore throat test and treat (STTT) service consultations
| Patients (n=1725) | Patients followed up at 10–14 days (n=537) | Patients not followed-up (n=1188) | ||
| Patient demographics | ||||
| Age at consultation (years) | Median | 29.2 | 28.8 | 29.4 |
| IQR | 16–39 | 15–38 | 16–39 | |
| Range (SD) | 6–89 (17.4) | 6–79 (17.1) | 6–89 (17.5) | |
| Gender (% of total population) | Male | 582 (33.7%) | 185 (34.5%) | 397 (33.4%) |
| Female | 1143 (66.3%) | 352 (65.4%) | 791 (66.6%) | |
| Factors related to engagement with STTT | ||||
| Referred to the pharmacy by: (% of total population) | General practitioner | 991 (57.4%) | 300 (55.9%) | 691 (58.2%) |
| Self-referral | 667 (38.7%) | 218 (40.6%) | 449 (37.8%) | |
| Other (OOH/other HCP/ NHS 111/NHS Direct) | 48 (2.8%) | 15 (2.8%) | 33 (2.8%) | |
| Missing values | 19 (1.1%) | 4 (0.7%) | 15 (1.3%) | |
| What would the patient have done if the service had not been available (% of total population) | Visited GP | 1610 (93.3%) | 503 (93.7%) | 1107 (93.2%) |
| Other (OOH/other HCP/ NHS 111/NHS Direct/accident and emergency) | 56 (3.2%) | 18 (3.4%) | 38 (3.2%) | |
| Done nothing | 25 (1.4%) | 7 (1.3%) | 18 (1.5%) | |
| Bought medication from the pharmacy | 27 (1.6%) | 8 (1.5%) | 19 (1.6%) | |
| Missing values | 7 (0.4%) | 1 (0.2%) | 6 (0.5%) | |
| Presenting features | ||||
| Clinical scoring tool (consultations) | CENTOR | 133 (7.7%) | 56 (10.4%) | 77 (6.5%) |
| FeverPAIN | 1592 (92.3%) | 481 (89.6%) | 1111 (93.5%) | |
GP, general practitioner; HCP, healthcare professional; NHS, National Health Service; OOH, out of hours.