Table 4.

Comparison of perioperative process time before and after the application of evidence.

Variables		Before evidence application		After evidence application		p
		Cases	Percentage/mean ± standard deviation	Cases	Percentage/mean ± standard deviation
Gender	Male	234	66.3	247	79.98	0.103
	Female	119	33.7	101	29.02
Age			71.65 ± 5.751		70.13 ± 6.721	0.095
Source of operation	Department of urology surgery	206	58.4	213	61.21	0.067
	Department of general surgery	46	13	29	8.33
	Gastroenterology	23	6.5	16	4.6
	Department of pain	53	15	30	8.62
	Department of thoracic surgery	5	1.4	10	2.87
	Department of eye, ear, ophthalmology & otorhinolaryngology	6	1.7	8	2.30
	Department of gynecology	1	0.3	23	6.61
	Department of internal medicine	13	1.4	19	5.46
Waiting time for admission (h)			101.76 ± 45.63		89.76 ± 40.62	0.002
Length of examination after admission (h)			1.98 ± 2.20		2.98 ± 2.71	0.053
Waiting time for surgery (h)			15.05 ± 10.21		11.05 ± 13.21	0.025
Length of time to receive patients in operating room (h)			0.44 ± 0.17		0.31 ± 0.11	0.114
The time between the arrival of the patient in the operating room and the beginning of anesthesia (h)			0.87 ± 0.57		0.72 ± 0.63	0.206
Length of time from the patient’s return to the ward to discharge after operation (h)			12.27 ± 14.35		11.57 ± 15.27	0.041