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Table 1 Demographic charcteristics of 85 analyzes patients (those who completed de SF-12)

From: Preoperative and early postoperative quality of life after major surgery - a prospective observational study

  

Analysed n=85

Patient data

  

Female

n (%)

44 (51.8)

Age

mean ± SD

66.6 ± 11.6

Weight

mean ± SD

73.5 ± 15.2

Education

  

Education < high school

n (%)

53 (62)

Working situation

  

Retired

n (%)

53 (62.4)

Marital status

  

Single/Divorced/Widowed

n (%)

32 (37.7)

Married/Living with partner

n (%)

53 (62.3)

Pre-operative assessments

  

Functional impairment

  

Indepedency of health care: independent

n (%)

74 (87.1)

Karnofsky score

median (IQR)

90 (90-90)

Exercise capacity

  

Metabolic equivalent of task (MET)

  

>7

n (%)

16 (18.8)

4-7

n (%)

51 (60)

<4

n (%)

18 (21.2)

Severity of comorbidity

  

Charlson comorbidity index (adjusted for age)

median (IQR)

2 (0-4)

Charlson comorbidity index >2

n (%)

41 (48.2)

ASA

median (IQR)

2 (2-3)

ASA 1

n (%)

5 (5.9)

ASA 2

n (%)

52 (61.2)

ASA 3

n (%)

26 (30.6)

ASA 4

n (%)

2 (2.3)

Physiological section of POSSUM

median (IQR)

18 (15-23)

Surgery

  

Primary hip replacement

n (%)

42 (49.4)

Cardiac valve surgery

n (%)

15 (17.6)

Gastric, esophageal or pancreatic surgery

n (%)

6 (7.1)

Colorectal surgery

n (%)

17 (20.0)

Femoropopliteal, femorotibial bypass

n (%)

5 (5.9)

Severity of surgery

  

Operative section of POSSUM

median (IQR)

10 (9-13)

Major

n (%)

64 (75.3)

Major +

n (%)

21 (24.7)

Anesthesia

  

General anesthesia alone

n (%)

62 (73.0)

Epidural/spinal anesthesia alone

n (%)

7 (8.2)

Combined anesthesia

n (%)

16 (18.8)

Timing

  

Time from admission to surgery (h)

median (IQR)

24 (24-24)

Surgery duration (h)

mean ± SD

2.6 ± 1.3

Anesthesia duration (h)

mean ± SD

4 ± 1.5

Intraoperative complications, number of patients

n (%)

51 (60.0)

Major bleeding needing transfusion

n (%)

10 (11.8)

Systolic arterial hypotension

n (%)

48 (56.5)

Hypothermia

n (%)

15 (17.6)

Hyperventilation

n (%)

36 (42.4)

Lactic acidosis

n (%)

6 (7.1)

Postoperative complications (Clavien ≥ 2)

  

Day 2*

n (%) [n]

33 (39.3) [84]

Day 7*

n (%) [n]

33 (46.5) [71]

Postoperative comfort

  

Pain at the surgical site - Numerical rating scale (NRS)

  

Day 1*

median (IQR) [n]

5 (3-7) [72]

Day 6*

median (IQR) [n]

3.5 (2-5) [68]

Pain, other - Numerical rating scale (NRS)

  

Day 1*

median (IQR) [n]

0 (0-5) [72]

Day 6*

median (IQR) [n]

0 (0-4) [68]

Comfort estimation - Numerical rating scale (NRS)

  

Day 1*

median (IQR) [n]

6 (5-8) [71]

Day 6*

median (IQR) [n]

7 (5-9) [67]

Clinical itinerary

  

Simple

n (%)

74 (87.1)

Complex

n (%)

11 (12.9)

Hospital stay - days

median (IQR) [n]

13 (9-16) [50]

  1. *Data not available for all patients.