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Table 1 Characteristics of patients and surgeries included in the analysis

From: Barriers and facilitators of following perioperative internal medicine recommendations by surgical teams: a sequential, explanatory mixed-methods study

Characteristic

Full cohort

n (%)

All recommendations followed

n (%)

Missed recommendations

n (%)

p value*

Cohort

255 (100.0)

142 (55.7)

113 (44.3)

 

Age (median, IQR)

66 (57–72)

64 (52–71)

67 (60–73)

0.01

Female

161 (63.1)

96 (59.6)

65 (40.4)

0.10

Male

94 (36.9)

46 (48.9)

48 (51.1)

Inpatient surgeries

188 (73.7)

188 (54.3)

86 (45.7)

0.16

Day surgeries

67 (26.3)

40 (59.7)

27 (40.3)

Surgical discipline

 General surgery

79 (28.8)

45 (57.0)

34 (43.0)

 

 Spine surgery

50 (18.2)

23 (46.0)

27 (54.0)

 

 Neurosurgery

32 (11.7)

13 (40.6)

19 (59.4)

 

 General gynecology

29 (10.6)

19 (65.5)

10 (34.5)

 

 Gynecology oncology

26 (9.5)

19 (73.1)

7 (26.9)

 

 Otolaryngology

11 (4.0)

7 (63.6)

4 (36.4)

 

 Plastic surgery

10 (3.6)

7 (70.0)

3 (30.0)

 

 Thoracic surgery

6 (2.2)

1 (16.7)

5 (83.3)

 

 Orthopedics

9 (3.3)

6 (66.7)

3 (33.3)

 

 Cardiac surgery

1 (0.4)

1 (100.0)

0

 

 Dentistry

1 (0.4)

0

1 (100.0)

 

 Urology

1 (0.4)

1 (100.0)

0

 
  1. Mann-Whitney U test
  2. Chi-square