Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of patients with returned questionnaire
| Total (n = 2957) |
Length of hospital stay (n = 2957) |
Admission (n = 2934) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length of stay ≤ 4 days, n = 1482 (50%) | Length of stay > 4 days, n = 1475 (50%) | Emergency admission, n = 1072 (37%) | Elective admission, n = 1862 (63%) | ||
|
Age in years, mean (SD) |
60 (19) |
56 (19) |
63 (18) |
64 (19) |
57 (18) |
|
Gender, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
1419 (48%) |
701 (47%) |
718 (49%) |
566 (53%) |
839 (45%) |
| Female |
1538 (52%) |
781 (53%) |
757 (51%) |
506 (47%) |
1023 (55%) |
|
Length of hospital stay, median (IQR) |
4 (2 – 9) |
2 (1–3) |
9 (7 – 13) |
6 (2 – 11) |
4 (2–8) |
|
Hospitalisation, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Emergency |
1072 (36%) |
435 (29%) |
637 (43%) |
|
|
| Elective |
1862 (63%) |
1042 (70%) |
820 (56%) |
|
|
| Not defined |
23 (1%) |
5 (<1%) |
18 (1%) |
|
|
| Length of Stay ≤ 4 Days |
1482 (50%) |
|
|
435 (41%) |
1042 (56%) |
| Length of Stay > 4 Days |
1475 (50%) |
|
|
637 (59%) |
820 (44%) |
|
Department, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Surgery |
1178 (40%) |
422 (28%) |
756 (51%) |
413 (39%) |
744 (40%) |
| Internal Medicine |
943 (32%) |
498 (34%) |
445 (30%) |
517 (48%) |
426 (23%) |
| Gynaecology and Obstetrics |
442 (15%) |
281 (19%) |
161 (11%) |
26 (2%) |
415 (22%) |
| Otorhinolaryngology |
109 (4%) |
91 (6%) |
18 (1%) |
15 (1%) |
93 (5%) |
| Radiology |
80 (3%) |
80 (5%) |
0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
80 (4%) |
| Ophthalmology |
64 (2%) |
59 (4%) |
5 (<1%) |
12 (1%) |
52 (3%) |
| Geriatric Medicine |
58 (2%) |
2 (<1%) |
56 (4%) |
52 (5%) |
6 (<1%) |
| Intensive Care Unit |
46 (2%) |
42 (3%) |
4 (<1%) |
31 (3%) |
15 (1%) |
| Dermatology and Venereology |
37 (1%) |
7 (<1%) |
30 (2%) |
6 (1%) |
31 (2%) |
|
Nationality, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Swiss |
2243 (76%) |
1067 (72%) |
1176 (80%) |
854 (80%) |
1373 (74%) |
| German, Austrian, Liechtensteiner |
224 (8%) |
123 (8%) |
101 (7%) |
63 (6%) |
159 (9%) |
| French |
35 (1%) |
22 (1%) |
13 (1%) |
7 (1%) |
28 (2%) |
| Italian |
99 (3%) |
48 (3%) |
51 (3%) |
42 (4%) |
56 (3%) |
| English, Irish |
11 (<1%) |
5 (<1%) |
6 (<1%) |
7 (1%) |
4 (<1%) |
| Turkish |
61 (2%) |
36 (2%) |
25 (2%) |
18 (2%) |
42 (2%) |
| European, other |
170 (6%) |
105 (7%) |
65 (4%) |
54 (5%) |
115 (6%) |
| US-American, Canadian, Australian |
18 (1%) |
17 (1%) |
1 (<1%) |
4 (<1%) |
13 (1%) |
| Extra-European, other |
55 (2%) |
34 (2%) |
21 (1%) |
20 (2%) |
35 (2%) |
| Missing |
41 (1%) |
25 (2%) |
16 (1%) |
3 (<1%) |
37 (2%) |
|
Language, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
| German |
2793 (94%) |
1382 (93%) |
1411 (96%) |
1024 (96%) |
1749 (94%) |
| French |
45 (2%) |
27 (2%) |
18 (1%) |
9 (1%) |
36 (2%) |
| Italian |
37 (1%) |
19 (1%) |
18 (1%) |
19 (2%) |
16 (1%) |
| English |
30 (1%) |
24 (2%) |
6 (<1%) |
11 (1%) |
19 (1%) |
| Turkish |
25 (1%) |
14 (1%) |
11 (1%) |
4 (<1%) |
20 (1%) |
| Others | 27 (1%) | 16 (1%) | 11 (1%) | 5 (<1%) | 22 (1%) |
Characteristics of patients who returned their questionnaire: all patients (n = 2957 (41%)) and within the pre-defined subgroups short versus long hospital stay (n = 1482 (50%) vs. n = 1475 (50%)) and emergency versus elective admission (n = 1072 (37%) vs. n = 1862 (63%)).