Table 1

List of the primary and secondary outcome measures and when they will be collected at follow-up audit

Item	Outcome measure	Initial consultation	Patient telephone interview after consultation
Item	Outcome measure	Initial consultation	7 days	14 days	21 days
Primary outcome	Prescribing rate of antibiotics (%)	√
Secondary outcomes	Patient satisfaction	√
	Patient symptom severity and duration		√	√	√
	Patient recovery		√	√
	Patient consumption of antibiotics		√	√	√
	Patient attitude, beliefs and understanding of the patient leaflet		√
	Patient costs				√
	Patient quality of life (EQ-5D-5L*)	√	√	√	√

EQ-5D-5L refers to a standardised measure of health-related quality of life developed by the EuroQol Group to provide a simple, generic questionnaire for use in clinical and economic appraisal or population health status surveys. The descriptive system comprises five dimensions: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression. Each dimension has 5 levels: no problems, slight problems, moderate problems, severe problems and extreme problems.