How do orthopaedic surgeons inform their patients before knee arthroplasty surgery? A cross-sectional study

Table 4 The sub groups of knee surgeons who gave the least preoperative information (N = 219)

Characteristics of knee surgeons:	Years of experience	P-value*	TKA volume per year	P-value*	Knee revisions per year	P-value*	Knee specialist	P-value*
Preoperative measures:
Written information	15–30	0.72	< 22	0.25	0	0.31	25%	0.24
Oral information	< 5	0.39	50–100	0.50	< 5	0.33	50%	0.32
Expectations	< 5	0.22	50–100	0.51	< 5	0.19	100%	0.08
Dissatisfaction rate	< 5	0.69	> 100	0.17	0	0.47	100%	0.79
Surgery on mild indication	< 5	0.89	50–100	0.70	< 5	0.04	50%	0.77
Psychiatric history	> 30	0.09	50–100	0.59	> 5	0.70	100%	0.94
Psychiatric consultation	< 5	0.03	50–100	0.07	0	0.31	100%	0.07
Psychiatric impact	15–30	0.14	> 100	0.36	> 5	0.18	50%	0.38

This table shows the lowest preoperative given information according to different groups of knee surgeons that were described in Table 1
*Chi ² -test

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