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Table 2 Characteristics of the participants and the information they received about the surgical date when placed on the waiting list

From: Waiting for elective general surgery: impact on health related quality of life and psychosocial consequences

 

Varicose veins

Inguinal hernia

Gallstones

 

Preoperative

n = 176

Postoperative

n = 134

Preoperative

n = 201

Postoperative

n = 152

Preoperative

n = 128

Postoperative

n = 98

Age in years, mean (SD)

51.6 (11.9)

52.0 (11.7)

62.9 (11.4)

63.0 (11.1)

52.6 (14.4)

52.9 (14.5)

Sex, % male

31.8

33.6

96.5

96.1

35.2

35.7

Total waiting time in days, median

170

166

115

113

111

98

Surgery on inpatient basis, %

39.7

42.9

62.9

72.8

94.4

96.9

No information on surgical date, %

51.2

 

50.0

 

62.5

 

Surgical date by approximation, %

29.2

 

36.8

 

26.7

 

Exact date of planned surgery, %

19.6

 

13.2

 

10.8