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Table 4 Participants (%) reporting problems in quality of life (EQ-5D) during the wait and 3 months after surgery

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

 

Varicose veins

Inguinal hernia

Gallstones

 

Preoperative

n = 174

Postoperative

n = 134

Preoperative

n = 198

Postoperative

n = 150

Preoperative

n = 127

Postoperative

n = 97

Pain/Discomfort

      

none

24.3

50.4*

43.9a

70.7a *

35.7b

63.9b *

moderate

73.4

48.1

52.0

28.7

54.8

35.1

extreme

2.3

1.5

4.1

0.7

9.5

1.0

Mobility

      

no problems

63.0

74.6

62.6

89.4a *

82.9b,c

83.5

some problems

36.4

25.4

37.4

10.6

16.3

16.5

confined to bed

0.6

0

0

0

0.8

0

Anxiety/depression

      

none

88.5

87.0

90.9

92.6

66.9b,c

88.5*

moderate

9.8

13.0

8.6

7.4

28.3

11.5

extreme

1.7

0

0.5

0

4.7

0

Usual activities

      

no problems

59.8

81.2*

53.5

88.6*

66.1c

81.4*

some problems

40.2

18.0

44.4

11.4

30.7

18.6

unable to

0

0.8

2.0

0

3.1

0

Self-care

      

no problems

99.4

97.7

97.5

95.9

97.6

99.0

some problems

0.6

2.3

2.5

4.1

2.4

1.0

unable to

0

0

0

0

0

0

  1. * significant difference between the pre- and postoperative rate of reporting problems within the disorder (McNemar test, p < 0.05).
  2. a significant difference between varicose veins and inguinal hernia(χ2-test, p < 0.05).
  3. b significant difference between varicose veins and gallstones(χ2-test, p < 0.05).
  4. c significant difference between inguinal hernia and gallstones(χ2-test, p < 0.05).
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