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Table 4 Hospital resources use and medication need

From: 1-year trajectories of patients undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty: Patient reported outcomes and resource needs according to education level

 

Education level

Low

N=340

Medium

N=306

High

N=317

P value

Length of stay in days, mean (SD)

7.6 (±3.5)

7.2 (±3.1)

6.6 (±3.0)

0.001

Discharge destination (%)

 Home

223 (65.6)

212 (69.3)

264 (83.3)

 

 Rehabilitation

117 (34.4)

94 (30.7)

53 (16.7)

<0.001

Any pain medication use at discharge (%)

315 (92.6)

280 (91.5)

293 (92.4)

0.850

Type of pain medication use at discharge (%)

 Acetaminophen

294 (86.5)

271 (88.6)

276 (87.1)

0.716

 NSAIDs

148 (43.5)

157 (51.3)

171 (53.9)

0.21

 Opioid

25 (7.4)

30 (9.8)

28 (8.8)

0.534

Any pain medication use 1-year after THA (%)

149 (43.8)

105 (34.3)

98 (30.9)

0.002

Type of pain medication 1-year after THA (%)

 Acetaminophen

102 (30.0)

75 (24.5)

59 (18.6)

0.003

 NSAIDs

56 (16.5)

44 (14.4)

57 (18.0)

0.474

 Opioid

31 (9.1)

12 (3.9)

13 (4.1)

0.005

  1. *p value for continuous variable calculated with ANOVA and for categorical variables calculated with Pearson Chi-Square