Characteristics of patients randomised
| Virtual outpatient follow-up n=107 % | Clinic follow-up n=102 % | P values | |||
| Type of admission | |||||
| Elective | 81 | 76% | 74 | 73% | 0·603 |
| Emergency | 26 | 24% | 28 | 27% | |
| Operation type | |||||
| Category1 | 29 | 27.1% | 20 | 22% | 0·535 |
| Category2 | 41 | 38.3% | 42 | 28% | |
| Category3 | 11 | 10.2% | 9 | 15% | |
| Category4 | 26 | 24.4% | 31 | 35% | |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 50 | 47% | 49 | 48% | 0·850 |
| Female | 57 | 53% | 53 | 52% | |
| Age group | |||||
| 16–34 | 38 | 36% | 37 | 36% | 0·617 |
| 35–54 | 39 | 36% | 31 | 30% | |
| 55–64 | 16 | 15% | 13 | 13% | |
| 65–74 | 7 | 6.5% | 14 | 14% | |
| 75+ | 7 | 6.5% | 7 | 7% | |