Table 1.

Respondent characteristics for the three groups and combined across groups

Variable	Hip group		Knee group		Vein group		Combined
	No	%	No	%	No	%	No	%
Age
“Mean” age	69 years		71 years		58 years		67 years
SD (years)	10.95		8.87		13.91		12.16
Range (years)	30–92		44–87		17–96		17–96
Sex
Male	72	39.3%	79	42.5%	52	46.4%	203	42.2%
Female	111	60.7%	107	56.9%	60	53.6%	278	56.7%
Q1 general health
Excellent	8	4.6%	1	0.6%	8	7.4%	17	3.7%
V Good	58	33.5%	36	20.0%	42	37.5%	136	29.2%
Good	69	39.9%	98	54.4%	45	40.2%	212	45.6%
Fair	30	17.3%	36	20.0%	17	14.5%	83	17.9%
Poor	8	4.6%	9	5.0%	–	0%	17	3.7%
Q2 general health
Excellent	15	8.5%	6	3.2%	12	10.3%	33	7.0%
V Good	75	42.6%	57	30.3%	44	40.0%	176	37.3%
Good	63	35.8%	82	43.6%	38	34.5%	183	38.9%
Fair	21	11.9%	34	18.1%	15	13.6%	70	14.9%
Poor	2	1.1%	6	3.2%	1	0.9%	9	1.9%
Overall assessment of operation
Excellent	64	36.8%	33	17.8%	27	24.3%	124	26.4%
V Good	65	37.4%	71	38.4%	40	36.0%	176	37.4%
Good	32	18.4%	54	29.2%	29	26.1%	115	24.5%
Fair	9	5.7%	19	10.3%	11	9.9%	40	8.5%
Poor	3	1.7%	8	4.3%	4	3.6%	15	3.2%
Assessment of problems compared to before operation
Excellent	151	85.8%	129	69.4%	74	66.7%	354	74.8%
V Good	15	8.5%	36	19.4%	20	18.0%	71	15.0%
Good	3	1.7%	8	4.3%	10	15.3%	21	4.4%
Fair	5	2.8%	8	4.3%	4	6.3%	17	3.6%
Poor	2	1.1%	5	2.7%	3	2.7%	10	2.1%

Notes: Q1 – Baseline measurement; Q2 – post surgery.

Abbreviations: V, very; SD, standard deviation.