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Table 1 Patients‘Characteristics

From: Determinants of patient satisfaction following reconstructive shoulder surgery

Variable

Data

Number of patients analysed in total

505

Mean age of the patient collective

61.4 years (range 17–90 years)

Mean time period between surgery and satisfaction measurement

23.6 months

Gender

Male = 271, Female = 234

Family Status

Married = 328, Single = 169

Number of patients retired

194 (38.4%)

Number of patients with a traumatic origin of injury

340 (67.3%)

Mean BMI of the patient collective

26.9 (range 15.7–48.0)

Number of patients smoking

89 (17.6%)

Affected side

Right = 339, Left = 166

Number of patients with the dominant shoulder involved

358 (70.9%)

Mean preoperative Constant Score

40.4 (range 2.0–100.0) points

Mean postoperative Constant Score

59.6 (range 3.0–100.0) points