Table 2.
Bivariate analysis of individual predictors and adherence to recommendations.
| Predictors | Adherence group (N = 454) | Non-adherence group (N = 135) | p-value |
| Age, years – median (IQR) | 62 (52-71) | 67 (58-76) | <0.001 |
| Male sex – N (%) | 258 (56) | 70 (52) | 0.30 |
| Severity of patients' illnesses: CCI – median (IQR) | 3 (1-4) | 3 (2-4) | 0.44 |
| Patients in ICU – N (%) | 37 (8) | 19 (14) | 0.03 |
| Length of hospital stay, days – median (IQR) | 21 (12-33) | 23 (13-36) | 0.20 |
| Type of consultation – N (%) | |||
| Preoperative | 250 (55) | 68 (50) | 0.34 |
| Non-preoperative | 204 (45) | 67 (50) | |
| Referring Service – N (%) | 0.02 | ||
| Surgical | 313 (69) | 107 (79) | |
| Medical | 141(31) | 28 (21) | |
| Number of recommendations – median (IQR) | 2 (1-4) | 3 (2-5) | <0.001 |
| Timing of response, hours – median (IQR) | 24 (10-24) | 24 (8-24) | 0.78 |
| Consultations with follow-up visits – N (%) | 205 (45) | 50 (37) | 0.09 |
| Consultations with a new cardiovascular diagnosis – N (%) | 139 (31) | 55 (41) | 0.02 |
| Consultations with verbal reinforcement – N (%) | 245 (54) | 50 (37) | 0.001 |
| Type of recommendation – N (%) | 0.14 | ||
| Medication | 882 (65) | 374 (67) | |
| Noninvasive exams/monitoring | 393 (29) | 153 (28) | |
| Invasive procedures/interventions | 92 (6) | 26 (5) | |
| Complexity of recommendations – N (%) | 0.58 | ||
| Low/Intermediate | 392 (86) | 119 (88) | |
| High | 62 (14) | 16 (12) |
IQR: interquartile range; CCI: Charlson comorbidity index; ICU: intensive care unit.