Table 4.
Relationship between willingness to operate on a friend or relative in the future and several key variables
| Would you operate on a friend or relative in the future? |
p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| yes | no | ||
| Previously operated on a friend or relativea | <0.001f | ||
| Yes | 1,083 (89.4%) | 128 (10.6%) | |
| No | 157 (44.7%) | 194 (55.3%) | |
| Magnitude of previous operationb | 0.014g | ||
| Minor | 625 (87.0%) | 93 (13.0%) | |
| Intermediate | 327 (92.4%) | 27 (7.6%) | |
| Major | 51 (94.4%) | 3 (5.6%) | |
| Nature of the previous operationc | 0.29f | ||
| Elective procedure | 808 (89.8%) | 92 (10.2%) | |
| Emergency procedure | 269 (87.6%) | 38 (12.4%) | |
| The operation had complicationsd | <0.01f | ||
| Yes | 47 (74.6%) | 16 (25.4%) | |
| No | 1,038 (90.0%) | 115 (10.0%) | |
| Advice you would give colleaguese | < 0.001f | ||
| Advise against operation | 473 (62.2%) | 288 (37.8%) | |
| Advise to proceed with operation | 537 (98.9%) | 6 (1.1%) | |
a
Have you ever operated on friends or relatives?
b
Was the operation that you have done on friends or relatives minor/intermediate/major?
c
Was the operation that you have done on friends or relatives an elective procedure/emergency procedure?
d
Were there any complications from the operation that you performed on a friend or relative?
e
If a colleague had the opportunity to operate on friends or relatives, would you advise against the operation/advise to proceed with the operation?
f
p value for Fisher's exact text.
g
p value for χ2.