Table 2.
Patient characteristics
|
Characteristics |
Clinic group |
Conventional group |
P-
value |
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 176) | (n = 176) | ||
| Age, median (IQR), years |
44 (28 to 59) |
45 (26 to 59) |
0.87 |
| Women, number (%) |
63 (35.8) |
67 (38.1) |
0.68 |
| Education level, number (%) |
|
|
0.20 |
| No formal education |
16 (9.1) |
10 (5.7) |
|
| Primary |
36 (20.5) |
42 (23.9) |
|
| Secondary |
74 (42.0) |
67 (38.1) |
|
| College |
18 (10.2) |
14 (7.9) |
|
| University |
32 (18.2) |
43 (24.4) |
|
| Work status, number (%) |
|
|
0.54 |
| Student |
16 |
20 |
|
| Retired |
35 |
44 |
|
| Employed |
87 |
75 |
|
| Self-employed |
9 |
9 |
|
| Unemployed |
7 |
11 |
|
| Housewife |
22 |
17 |
|
| Income level (US$ per month) |
|
|
0.06 |
| <$1,285 |
103 |
123 |
|
| $1,286 to $3,856 |
65 |
44 |
|
| >$3,857 |
7 |
8 |
|
| Magnitude of surgery, number. (%) |
|
|
0.29 |
| Minor |
8 (4.5) |
12 (6.8) |
|
| Intermediate |
26 (14.8) |
21 (11.9) |
|
| Major |
48 (27.3) |
44 (25.0) |
|
| Ultramajor |
94 (53.4) |
99 (56.3) |
|
| ASA physical status grade, number (%) |
|
|
0.15 |
| I |
114 (64.8) |
105 (59.7) |
|
| II |
56 (31.8) |
60 (34.0) |
|
| III/IV |
6 (3.4) |
11 (6.3) |
|
| Duration of anesthesia, mean (SD), minutes | 114 (45) | 115 (44) | 0.88 |