Table 1 Characteristics of patients referred to after-hours clinical support team

Age (y), mean (SD)^a

67 (16)

66 (18)

66 (17)

0.92

Height (cm), mean (SD)

170 (8.5)

159 (8.0)

164 (9.6)

< 0.001

Weight (kg), median (IQR)

80 (68,100)

72 (56, 85)

75 (60, 90)

< 0.001

BMI^b (kg/m²), median (IQR)

[BMI range, max - min]

28 (24, 34)

[14.7–80.6]

28 (22, 33)

[15.1–70.3]

28 (23, 34)

[14.7–80.6]

0.620

Specialty, n (%)

0.730

 Medical

71 (43)

82 (38)

153 (40)

 Surgical

38 (23)

58 (27)

96 (25)

 Haematology/Oncology

23 (14)

27 (13)

50 (13)

 ICU/CCU^c

24 (14)

23 (11)

47 (12

 Aged care

6 (4)

17 (8)

23 (6)

 Maternity

0

3(1)

3 (1)

 Paediatrics

1 (1)

1

2 (1)

 Other

2 (1)

3 (1)

5 (1)

Previous attempts, median (IQR)^d

[Range, max – min]^e

3 (2, 4)

[1, 10]

2 (2,4)

[1, 10]

2 (2,4)

[1, 10]

0.780

Pain score (0–10) during last attempt, median (IQR)

[Range, max - min]

6 (4,8)

[2, 10]

7 (6, 10)

[3, 10]

7 (5, 9)

[2, 10]

0.130