When patients and surgeons disagree about surgical outcome: investigating patient factors and chart note communication

Schwartz, Carolyn E.; Ayandeh, Armon; Finkelstein, Joel A.

doi:10.1186/s12955-015-0343-0

Table 6 Univariate Logistic Regression Model Results

From: When patients and surgeons disagree about surgical outcome: investigating patient factors and chart note communication

Variable	Odds Ratio	Std. Err.	z	P > \|z\|	95 % Conf. Interval		n	Pseudo r2
Demographics
Age	1.00	0.01	−0.36	0.72	0.97	1.02	139	0.00
Gender	1.02	0.40	0.06	0.96	0.48	2.18	140	0.00
Education	0.76	0.11	−1.85	0.064	0.57	1.02	132	0.02
Comorbidities	1.24	0.43	0.62	0.54	0.63	2.46	85	0.00
Daily Occupation (e.g., employed, student, homemaker)	0.94	0.37	−0.17	0.87	0.43	2.02	141	0.00
Having No Work Incentive	3.38	1.64	2.51	0.012	1.31	8.73	96	0.05
Narcotic Usage	1.29	0.59	0.55	0.58	0.53	3.14	91	0.00
Smoking	1.59	0.41	1.78	0.075	0.96	2.63	137	0.02
Patient-Reported
VAS Back Change	1.01	0.01	1.87	0.062	1.00	1.03	107	0.03
VAS Leg Change	1.04	0.01	4.34	0.0001	1.02	1.06	106	0.21
MCS Change	0.94	0.02	−3.14	0.0020	0.91	0.98	113	0.08
PCS Change	0.92	0.03	−3.1	0.0020	0.87	0.97	113	0.08
ODI Change	1.10	0.03	3.51	0.0001	1.04	1.16	92	0.13
Clinical Chart Notes
Activities Daily Living	0.68	0.24	−1.09	0.28	0.33	1.37	171	0.01
All Physical Activity	1.34	0.49	0.79	0.43	0.65	2.75	171	0.00
Assistive Devices		AssistiveDevicesBin ! = 0 predicts failure perfectly
Positive Emphasis	0.14	0.06	−4.81	0.0001	0.062	0.31	171	0.14
Negative Emphasis	1.30	0.81	0.42	0.68	0.38	4.38	171	0.00
Much Emphasis	2.14	0.92	1.77	0.077	0.92	4.99	171	0.02
Semphasis	0.53	0.28	−1.21	0.23	0.19	1.48	171	0.01
All Emphasis	0.19	0.08	−4.18	0.0001	0.088	0.41	171	0.09
All Juxtaposition	2.06	0.76	1.98	0.048	1.01	4.23	171	0.02
All Physical Therapy	1.66	0.67	1.24	0.22	0.74	3.68	171	0.01
All Analgesics	3.14	1.74	2.07	0.038	1.06	9.28	171	0.02
Work	1.00	0.51	0	1.00	0.37	2.70	171	0.00
Pain	1.21	0.52	0.44	0.66	0.52	2.80	171	0.00
Numbness	0.48	0.27	−1.29	0.20	0.16	1.47	171	0.01
Discomfort	4.94	2.68	2.95	0.0030	1.71	14.29	171	0.05
Short Follow-up	1.21	0.44	0.53	0.60	0.59	2.46	171	0.00
Quantified	1.18	0.50	0.38	0.70	0.51	2.69	171	0.00
Prognosis	5.67	2.52	3.91	0.0001	2.38	13.54	171	0.08
Follow-up as necessary	0.10	0.10	−2.22	0.026	0.013	0.76	171	0.05
Incision	1.12	0.40	0.32	0.75	0.56	2.27	171	0.00
ImproveStemmed	2.02	0.75	1.91	0.056	0.98	4.17	171	0.02
Happy	0.20	0.13	−2.57	0.01	0.058	0.68	171	0.05
Encouraged	1.47	0.61	0.92	0.36	0.65	3.31	171	0.00
DenyStemmed	1.20	0.85	0.26	0.79	0.30	4.77	171	0.00
Danger Words		DangerWordsBi n omitted because of collinearity
Causal	1.06	0.89	0.07	0.95	0.21	5.47	171	0.00
Medium Follow-up	0.91	0.43	−0.2	0.84	0.36	2.30	171	0.00
No further follow-up	5.05	4.71	1.74	0.082	0.81	31.35	171	0.02
Moving goal post	3.28	3.34	1.17	0.24	0.45	24.07	171	0.01
Patient Non Pronoun		PatientNonPronounFinalBin ! = 1 predicts failure perfectly
Action Plan	1.62	0.64	1.21	0.23	0.74	3.52	171	0.01

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