Table 2.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the sample of respondents per departmental areas of discharge
| Surgical Area | Medical area | Pvalue | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N° | % | N° | % | |||
| Gender | Female | 8,127 | 64.2 | 2,975 | 44.3 | 0.000 |
| Male | 4,542 | 35.8 | 3,736 | 55.7 | ||
| Age | < 18 | 34 | 0.2 | 512 | 5.6 | 0.000 |
| 18–44 | 4,073 | 27.2 | 527 | 5.7 | ||
| 45–64 | 7,336 | 49.0 | 3,168 | 34.5 | ||
| > = 65 | 3,527 | 23.6 | 4,980 | 54.2 | ||
| Education Level | Low | 4,372 | 34.5 | 3,897 | 58.1 | 0.000 |
| Medium | 5,009 | 39.6 | 1,933 | 28.8 | ||
| High | 3,285 | 25.9 | 879 | 13.1 | ||
| Perceived state of health | Bad | 241 | 1.90 | 769 | 11.47 | 0.000 |
| Sufficient | 2,964 | 23.39 | 2,510 | 37.45 | ||
| Good | 5,101 | 40.26 | 2,195 | 32.75 | ||
| Very good | 3,422 | 27.01 | 959 | 14.31 | ||
| Excellent | 942 | 7.43 | 269 | 4.01 | ||
| Chronic condition | No | 7,866 | 62.09 | 1,943 | 28.97 | 0.000 |
| Yes | 4,143 | 32.7 | 4,251 | 63.37 | ||
| I don’t know | 660 | 5.21 | 514 | 7.66 | ||
| Type of hospitalization | Urgent (emergency room) | 672 | 4.78 | 2,772 | 34.59 | 0.000 |
| Planned | 13,374 | 95.22 | 5,241 | 65.41 | ||
| Average Length of Stay (days) | 3.67 | 8.15 | 0.000 | |||
Note: The number of observations varies among items due to the voluntary nature of patient participation, allowing them the freedom to discontinue the online questionnaire at any point of the survey