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Table 2 Relations Between Patient Overall Care Experience and Patients’ Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes

From: Comparing ERAS-outpatient versus standard-inpatient hip and knee replacements: a mixed methods study exploring the experience of patients who underwent both

Patient characteristics

ERAS-Outpatient

STD-Inpatient

Spearman

correlation coefficient

P-value

Spearman

correlation coefficient

P-value

 Gender

.044

0.771

.137

0.359

 Age at surgery

.148

0.321

.158

0.288

 Body Mass Index

.152

0.309

.136

0.368

 ASA Physical Status

.163

0.273

.089

0.553

 Intervention (THA/TKA)

.091

0.545

−.188

0.205

Postoperative variables

 Pain in the recovery room (NRS 0–10)

.002

0.99

−.071

0.651

 Pain in the ward, surgery day (NRS 0–10)

.235

0.112

−.043

0.779

 Mean Opioid Consumption in Morphine Milligram Equivalents in the First 8 Hours After Surgery

−.163

0.275

−.087

0.56

 Complications: All Grades

.060

0.689

.020

0.892

 Complications: Grade 1

.053

0.721

.085

0.572

 Complications: Grade 2

−.037

0.806

−.273

0.063

 Comprehensive Complication Index

−.023

0.876

−.163

0.273

 Emergency Care Unit visits without intervention

−.239

0.106

−.039

0.794

 Emergency Care Unit visits with interventions

−.015

0.922

.022

0.882

 Clinic consultations without intervention

−.057

0.706

.034

0.822

 Clinic consultations with interventions

  

−.257

0.082

 First rise/standing (in days)

.232

0.117

.192

0.218

 Walking (in days)

.058

0.71

.144

0.382

 Going up and down the stairs (in days)

.205

0.181

−.003

0.985

 Length of stay (in hours)

.095

0.527

−.162

0.281

 First shower (in days)

−.103

0.497

−.245

0.104

 Walking without technical aid (in days)

−.005

0.972

−.106

0.484

 Going up and down the stairs without technical aid (in days)

−.014

0.923

−.031

0.836

 ADLs: dressing, toileting, walking indoor alone, etc. (in days)

−.19

0.201

−.174

0.248

 iADLs: cooking, cleaning, shopping, etc. (in days)

−.007

0.965

−.109

0.472

 Mild physical activities: cycling, swimming, walking, etc. (in weeks)

−.085

0.584

.088

0.567

 Intense physical activities: running, playing tennis, skiing, etc. (in weeks)

.28

0.166

.106

0.59

 Return to light-duty work (in weeks)

.285

0.121

.097

0.562

 Return to regular work without limitation (in weeks)

.193

0.344

.069

0.707