Number recruited in June and July 2019 and 2020
| 2019 | 2020 | P value | |
| Recruited | 352 (89.1) | 242 (89.0) | 0.954 |
| Not recruited* | 43 (10.9) | 30 (11.0) | |
| Age | |||
| Mean | 50.4±17.7 | 49.5±15.8 | 0.533 |
| Range | 16–94 | 16–88 | |
| Median (IQR) | 50 (37–64) | 49 (38–61) | |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 228 (64.8) | 139 (57.4) | 0.071 |
| Male | 124 (35.2) | 103 (42.6) | |
| Health Board | |||
| Grampian | 340 (96.6) | 226 (93.4) | 0.070 |
| Others† | 12 (3.4) | 16 (6.6) | |
| Referral source | |||
| GP | 298 (84.7) | 196 (81.0) | 0.495 |
| Consultants at this Health Board | 52 (14.7) | 44 (18.2) | |
| Other health professionals | 2 (0.6) | 2 (0.8) | |
| Time to consultation (days)‡ | |||
| Mean±SD | 102.9±51.9 | 88.1±70.7 | |
| Median (IQR) | 120 (51–136) | 108 (11–153) | 0.025 |
| Range | 1–336 | 1–223 | |
| Referral priority | |||
| Routine | 278 (79.0) | 170 (70.3) | 0.015 |
| Urgent | 74 (21.0) | 72 (29.7) | |
| Clinic type | |||
| Non-virtual | 352 (100.0) | 17 (7.0) | <0.001 |
| Virtual | 0 (0.0) | 225 (93.0) |
*Some were returning patients, attended Botox or MS return clinics.
†Fife, Shetland, Orkney, Forth Valley, Highland, Lanarkshire and Tayside.
‡Six missing data in 2019 and one missing in 2019.
GP, general practitioner; MS, multiple sclerosis.