Patient profile
| Patients treated exclusively by a nurse | Patients treated exclusively by a SHO | Patients seen consecutively by both nurse and SHO | p Value | |
| Male (n) | 37 | 16 | 15 | 0.125 |
| Female(n) | 23 | 23 | 15 | |
| Median age (range) | 44 (18–76) | 43 (14–82) | 47 (16–82) | 0.492 |
| Median duration of symptoms in months (range) | 3.0 (0.13–24) | 4.0 (0.06–48) | 2.0(0.6–12) | 0.445 |