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Table 3 Patient characteristics for the pre-surgery survey, and the one and four weeks post-surgery surveys

From: Implementing PROMS for elective surgery patients: feasibility, response rate, degree of recovery and patient acceptability

 

Pre-surgery n = 1756

1 Week post-surgery n = 2682

4 Weeks post-surgery n = 1547

Age range

18–40, 486 (27.7%)

41–64, 763 (43.5%)

65–74, 327 (18.6%)

75–84, 152 (8.7%)

85+, 28 (1.6%)

18–40, 682 (25.4%)

41–64, 1168 (43.5%)

65–74, 547 (20.4%)

75–84, 241 (9.0%)

85+, 44 (1.6%)

18–40, 287 (18.6%)

41–64, 685 (44.3%)

65–74, 371 (24.0%)

75–84, 183 (11.8%)

85+, 21 (1.4%)

Gender, female

1047 (59.6%)

1599 (59.7%)

881 (57.0%)

Day surgery

354 (51.8%)

1255 (47.2%)

720 (46.9%)

Admitted overnight surgery

329 (48.2%)

1402 (52.8%)

815 (53.1%)