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Published in final edited form as: Otol Neurotol. 2022 Mar 1;43(3):e331–e336. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003439

TABLE 4.

Chi-squared analysis significance values comparing actual and maximal risk tolerance for postoperative complications within subgroups to achieve top quality-of-life priority

	Healthcare Professionals vs. the General Population		Individuals with Personal Knowledge of Someone with a CI vs. the General Population

Postoperative Complication	Comparing Estimates of Actual Rates (p)	Comparing Maximum Risk Tolerance^a (p)	Comparing Estimates of Actual Rates (p)	Comparing Maximum Risk Tolerance^a (p)

Minor complications
Changes in taste	0.1	0.95	0.005^**	0.03^**
Vertigo	0.07	0.09	0.03^**	0.001^**
Major complications
Serious infection requiring hospitalization	0.2	0.05	0.001^**	<0.001^**
Meningitis	0.5	0.004^**	0.024^**	<0.001^**
Reoperation	0.5	0.1	0.8	<0.001^**
Facial paralysis	0.09	0.04^**	0.004^**	<0.001^**
Cerebrospinal fluid leak	0.06	0.02^**	0.012^**	<0.001^**

All values presented in the table are p-values in comparison to the general population estimations, with statistical significance determined as p <0.05).

Maximum risk tolerance: tolerance to achieve top quality-of-life priority.

^**

Statistically significant.