Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the outpatients compared between the control and intervention groups.
| Data | Control Group n (%) |
Intervention Group n (%) |
Overall n (%) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD 1) | 44.07 (17.38) | 47.28 (18.33) | 45.68 (17.9) | 0.16 |
| Anesthesia | 0.28 | |||
| Locoregional | 45 (36%) | 36 (29%) | 81 (32.4%) | |
| General | 80 (64%) | 89 (71%) | 169 (67.6%) | |
| WHO 2 analgesic step | 0.76 | |||
| 1 | 26 (21%) | 29 (23%) | 55 (22.0%) | |
| 2 | 98 (78%) | 96 (77%) | 194 (77.6%) | |
| 3 | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.4%) | |
| Surgical specialty | 0.0007 | |||
| Orthopedics | 41 (33%) | 58 (46%) | 99 (39.6%) | |
| Plastic surgery | 35 (28%) | 23 (18%) | 58 (23.2%) | |
| MF/ENT 3 | 30 (24%) | 12 (10%) | 42 (16.8%) | |
| Odontology | 5 (4%) | 16 (13%) | 21 (8.4%) | |
| Visceral/Digestive | 7 (6%) | 10 (8%) | 17 (6.8%) | |
| Vascular | 2 (2%) | 5 (4%) | 7 (2.8%) | |
| Gynecology | 3 (2%) | 1 (1%) | 4 (1.6%) | |
| Ophthalmology | 2 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (0.8%) |
1 SD: standard deviation; 2 WHO: World Health Organization; 3 MF/ENT: maxillofacial/ear–nose–throat.