Determinants of patient satisfaction following reconstructive shoulder surgery

Table 4 Result Scores

Determinant	Average value	Higher satisfaction with:	p-value	Multivariable Analysis
Age	61.4	higher	0.0001^**	n.s.
Length of follow-up	23.6		0.226
BMI	26.9		0.886	n.s.
Preoperative Constant Score
Pain (0–15 pts.)	6.2	higher ^*	0.45	n.s.
Activities of daily living (0–10 pts.)	4	higher	0.0001^**	n.s.
Reach of the hand (0–10 pts.)	6.2		0.857	n.s.
Anteversion (0–10 pts.)	5.5		0.901	n.s.
Abduction (0–10 pts.)	4.9		0.857	n.s.
External rotation (in degrees)	30.4	higher	0.008	n.s.
Internal rotation (in degrees)	29.7		0.423	n.s.
Force (0–25 pts.)	3.7		0.628	n.s.
Total CS (0–100 pts.)	40.4		0.331	n.s.
Total CS, age-adjusted (%)	50		0.05	n.s.
Preoperative subjective shoulder value (%)	36.3	higher	0.0001^**	n.s.
Postoperative Scores
Pain (0–15 pts.)	10.5	higher ^*	0.0001^**	0.0001
Activities of daily living (0–10 pts.)	6.9	higher	0.0001^**	n.s.
Reach of the hand (0–10 pts.)	8.2	higher	0.0001^**	n.s.
Anteversion (0–10 pts.)	7.1	higher	0.0001^**	n.s.
Abduction (0–10 pts.)	6.8	higher	0.0001^**	0.05
External rotation (in degrees)	35		0.118	n.s.
Internal rotation (in degrees)	22.6		0.982	n.s.
Force (0–25 pts.)	6.8	higher	0.0001^**	n.s.
Total CS (0–100 pts.)	59.6	higher	0.0001^**	n.s.
Total CS, age-adjusted (%)	74.2	higher	0.0001^**	n.s.
Postoperative subjective shoulder value (%)	63.3	higher	0.0001^**	0.0001
Changes Constant Score
Pain	4.3		0.0001^**	***
Activities of daily living	2.9		0.0001^**	***
Reach of the hand	2		0.0001^**	***
Anteversion	1.1		0.0001^**	***
Abduction	1.9		0.0001^**	***
External rotation	4.6		0.0001^**	***
Internal rotation	−7.1		0.049	***
Force	3.1		0.0001^**	***
Total Constant Score (Pts.)	19.2		0.0001^**	***

^*A high pain score means low effective pain in the measurement of the Constant Score
^**Significant compared to “Bonferroni-corrected” p-value (p = 0.00095)
^***Multivariable analysis is not possible

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