Table 3.
Answers to questionnaire by control and intervention groups at preoperative visit 1 week prior to operation. Difference between the 2 groups is shown with 95% confidence interval. Values are count (%)
| Answers | Intervention group | Yes | Control group Not applicable | Missing | Difference [CI] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | Not applicable | Missing | |||||
| During wait for surgery, have you been informed of the following health factors and possible influence of them on the outcome of the operation? | |||||||
| Weight | 613 (82) | 35 (4.7) | 23 (3.1) | 321 (44) | 130 (18) | 21 (2.8) | 38.7 [34.0 to 43.1] |
| Motion | 646 (87) | 13 (1.7) | 26 (3.5) | 381 (52) | 112 (15) | 18 (2.4) | 35.0 [30.5 to 39.2] |
| Nutrition | 591 (79) | 19 (2.5) | 49 (6.6) | 281 (38) | 138 (19) | 27 (3.7) | 41.1 [36.5 to 45.6] |
| Smoking | 355 (48) | 276 (37) | 48 (6.4) | 182 (25) | 320 (43) | 27 (3.7) | 22.9 [18.1 to 27.6] |
| Anemia | 260 (35) | 191 (26) | 106 (14) | 83 (11) | 257 (35) | 59 (8.0) | 23.6 [19.4 to 27.7] |
| During wait for surgery, have you tried to influence the following health factors? | |||||||
| Weight | 524 (70) | 32 (4.3) | 38 (5.1) | 440 (60) | 54 (7.3) | 31 (4.2) | 10.6 [5.8 to 15.4] |
| Motion | 590 (79) | 17 (2.3) | 31 (4.2) | 500 (68) | 45 (6.1) | 27 (3.7) | 11.3 [6.9 to 15.8] |
| Use of | |||||||
| primary care physical activity | 83 (11) | 482 (65) | 42 (5.7) | 486 (66) | 5.4 [2.6 to 8.3] | ||
| physiotherapy | 270 (36) | 347 (47) | 201 (27) | 388 (53) | 9.0 [4.2 to 13.6] | ||
| Motion incidences/week | 163 (22) | 71 (9.6) | |||||
| 0 | 66 (8.8) | 114 (15) | –6.6 [–9.9 to –3.3] | ||||
| 1 | 39 (5.2) | 49 (6.6) | –1.4 [–3.9 to 1.0] | ||||
| 2 | 93 (13) | 131 (18) | –5.3 [–8.9 to –1.6] | ||||
| 3 | 159 (21) | 158 (21) | –0.1 [–4.3 to 4.1] | ||||
| 4 | 115 (15) | 93 (13) | 2.8 [–0.7 to 6.4] | ||||
| ≥ 5 | 111 (15) | 122 (17) | –1.7 [–5.4 to 2.1] | ||||
| Motion length, minutes | 168 (23) | 78 (11) | |||||
| 0 | 58 (7.8) | 101 (14) | –5.9 [–9.1 to –2.8] | ||||
| 0–20 | 121 (16) | 117 (16) | 0.4 [–3.4 to 4.1] | ||||
| 20–40 | 222 (30) | 200 (27) | 2.7 [–1.9 to 7.2] | ||||
| 40–60 | 132 (18) | 170 (23) | –5.3 [–9.4 to –1.2] | ||||
| > 60 | 45 (6.0) | 72 (9.8) | –3.7 [–6.5 to –1.0] | ||||
| Nutrition | 529 (71) | 23 (3.1) | 52 (7.0) | 440 (60) | 57 (7.7) | 34 (4.6) | 11.3 [6.5 to 15.8] |
| Smoking | 142 (19) | 422 (57) | 92 (12) | 102 (14) | 450 (61) | 66 (8.9) | 5.2 [1.4 to 9.0] |
| Still smoking at time of surgery | 28 (3.8) | 10 (1.3) | 54 (7.3) | 11 (1.5) | –3.6 [–6.0 to –1.2] | ||
| If previous smoker, when did you quit? | 427 (57) | 434 (59) | |||||
| < 6 weeks | 16 (2.1) | 6 (0.8) | 1.3 [0.1 to 2.7] | ||||
| 6 week to < 6 moths | 13 (1.7) | 6 (0.8) | 0.9 [–0.3 to 2.2] | ||||
| 6 months to < 1 year | 15 (2.0) | 6 (0.8) | 1.2 [0.0 to 2.6] | ||||
| ≥ 1 year | 275 (37) | 286 (39) | –1.9 [–6.8 to 3.0] | ||||
| Anemia treated with iron supplement | 61 (8.2) | 259 (35) | 97 (13) | 22 (3.0) | 323 (44) | 90 (12) | 5.2 [2.9 to 7.6] |
| During wait for surgery, have you been in contact with other healthcare providers? | |||||||
| Primary care | 695 (93) | 58 (7.9) | 102 (14) | 85.3 [82.3 to 87.7] | |||
| Cardiologist | 205 (28) | 90 (12) | 147 (20) | 77 (10) | 15.3 [11.3 to 19.2] | ||
| Pulmonologist | 23 (3.1) | 153 (21) | 217 (29) | 25 (3.4) | 180 (24) | 90 (12) | –0.3 [–2.2 to1.5] |
| Endocrinologist | 23 (3.1) | 167 (22) | 222 (30) | 14 (1.9) | 206 (28) | 90 (12) | 1.2 [–0.4 to 2.9] |
| Nephrologist | 21 (2.8) | 166 (22) | 222 (30) | 9 (1.2) | 207 (28) | 93 (13) | 1.6 [0.1 to 3.2] |