Hello, can you hear me? Orthopaedic clinic telephone consultations in the COVID-19 era- a patient and clinician perspective

Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Adult patients aged ≥ 18 years of age	Patients aged < 18 yr of age
Received orthopaedic clinic telephone consultation	If other members of the family responded on patient’s behalf
Satisfaction questionnaire completed within 48 h from telephone consultation	Unable to consent to complete satisfaction questionnaire
	Communication difficulties (verbal or auditory) as stated in patient clinical notes
	Cognitive impairment as stated in patient clinical notes
	If patients did not answer their telephone on two occasions to complete the satisfaction questionnaire