TABLE 4.
Variables Associated With Compliance With Completing Patient-Reported Outcome Surveysa
| No Surveysb | Preoperative Survey and Any Postoperative Survey | Preoperative Survey and 24-Month Postoperative Survey | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | % | P Value | % | P Value | % | P Value |
| Age, y | .640 | .436 | .394 | |||
| <20 | 16.4 | 45.6 | 11.4 | |||
| 20-29 | 26.3 | 32.9 | 7.9 | |||
| 30-39 | 22.4 | 42.9 | 14.3 | |||
| 40-49 | 25.6 | 43.6 | 17.9 | |||
| ≥50 | 23.1 | 46.2 | 23.1 | |||
| Sex | .008 | .044 | .088 | |||
| Male | 28.6 | 35.0 | 9.3 | |||
| Female | 14.7 | 47.4 | 16.4 | |||
| Race | .251 | .688 | .999 | |||
| White | 21.2 | 43.4 | 13.2 | |||
| African American | 41.2 | 35.3 | 0.0 | |||
| Hispanic | 9.1 | 36.3 | 18.2 | |||
| Asian | 27.8 | 27.8 | 5.6 | |||
| Other | 33.3 | 33.3 | 22.2 | |||
| Traveled >100 miles for surgery | 18.2 | .792 | 31.8 | .379 | 22.7 | .168 |
| Nature of tear | .635 | .728 | .143 | |||
| Acute tear | 30.1 | 40.0 | 10.4 | |||
| Chronic tear | 20.4 | 42.2 | 16.9 | |||
| Insurance status | .401 | .484 | .061 | |||
| Private/employer | 22.3 | 41.5 | 15.1 | |||
| Medicare | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Medicaid | 14.3 | 42.9 | 0.0 | |||
| Self-pay | 0.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||
| Workers’ compensation | 22.2 | 27.8 | 5.6 | |||
| Taking narcotics | 17.4 | .494 | 30.8 | .569 | 7.7 | .999 |
| Smoker | 3.5 | .734 | 2.9 | .365 | 6.3 | .564 |
| Athlete | 20.0 | .046 | 70.6 | .565 | 13.2 | .334 |
| Level of athletic activity | .413 | .904 | .115 | |||
| Recreational | 23.1 | 38.5 | 13.1 | |||
| Competitive | 16.7 | 44.4 | 3.7 | |||
| Collegiate | 14.8 | 44.4 | 14.8 | |||
| Professional | 33.3 | 50.0 | 33.3 | |||
| Psychiatric diagnosis | 14.2 | .741 | 57.1 | .196 | 28.6 | .082 |
| Employment status | .659 | .805 | .717 | |||
| Employed | 23.6 | 40.9 | 13.4 | |||
| Student | 43.4 | 41.4 | 10.8 | |||
| Unemployed | 27.8 | 33.3 | 16.7 | |||
| Revision ACLR (n = 48) | N/A | N/A | 45.8 | .415 | 12.5 | .999 |
| Concomitant procedures (n = 142) | N/A | N/A | 44.4 | .174 | 12.0 | .776 |
| ACL graft | .786 | .845 | .341 | |||
| BTB autograft | 20.4 | 41.5 | 9.5 | |||
| BTB allograft | 25.3 | 40.5 | 17.7 | |||
| Hamstring autograft | 24.1 | 37.9 | 13.8 | |||
| Achilles allograft | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Complications (n = 19) | N/A | N/A | 42.1 | .891 | 10.5 | .999 |
| Failed ACLR (n = 7) | N/A | N/A | 28.6 | .704 | 0.0 | .601 |
aBolded values indicate statistical significance (P < .05). ACL, anterior cruciate ligament; ACLR, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; BTB, bone-tendon-bone; N/A, not applicable.
bN/A = Not calculated for revision ACLR, concomitant procedures, complications, or failed ACLR under the “no surveys” category, as these are all postoperative variables and thus should have no effect on the ability to complete preoperative surveys.