Appendix 3.

Data collected in the survey

Category	Variable	Interviewee without outpatient pathway (n = 161)	Interviewee with outpatient pathway but oral anticoagulation instead of LMWH (n = 17)	Interviewee with outpatient pathway and LMWH (n = 1315)
Sociodemographic data	Age	+	+	+
	Gender	+	+	+
	Chronic disease	−	−	+
	Social environment	−	−	+
	Level of education	−	−	+
Data regarding the LMWH-thromboprophylaxis pathway	Type of surgery	+	+	+
	Occurrence of complications	−	+	+
	Day of operation	+	+	+
	Day of discharge from acute hospital	+	+	+
	Type of rehabilitation after stay in acute hospital	+	+	+
	Beginning and duration of rehabilitation	+	+	+
Data regarding medication, thromboprophylaxis, and LMWH nonadherence	Medicine(s) taken postsurgery	−	+	+
	Frequency and form of application	−	+	+
	Side effects of medicine	−	−	+
	Special side effects of LMWH including resulting days without LMWH	−	−	+
	Difficulties in using medicines	−	−	+
	Special difficulties in using LMWH including resulting days without LMWH	−	−	+
	Morisky questionnaire including documentation of resulting days without LMWH	−	−	+
	Balance of medicine	−	−	+
	Recommendation for duration of using LMWH during respective pathway	−	−	+
	Using daily injection during respective pathway	−	−	+
	Person administering syringes (self-injection or not)	−	−	+
	Days without LMWH during respective pathway	−	−	+
	Source of syringes during respective pathway	−	−	+
	Preference capsule	−	−	+
	Improvement of nonadherence by capsule	−	−	+
Variables that could explain LMWH nonadherence	Fear of thrombosis	−	−	+
	Assessment of limitation by thrombosis in daily life	−	−	+
	Estimated duration of thrombosis treatment	−	−	+
	Assessment of thrombosis prevention through movement and drinking	−	−	+
	Rating prevention of thrombosis by drugs	−	−	+
	Comparison of (1) movement/drinking with (2) drugs regarding the importance of thromboprophylaxis	−	−	+