Table 1. Demographic factors of the respondents (n = 121).

		Discomfort or physical symptoms as direct consequence of surgical practice						p
		Total (n = 121)		Yes (n = 97)		No (n = 24)
		n	%	n	%	n	%
1- Age (Years)	24-30	63	52.1%	47	48.5%	16	66.7%	0.419
	31-35	17	14.0%	16	16.5%	1	4.2%
	36-40	11	9.1%	10	10.3%	1	4.2%
	41-50	17	14.0%	14	14.4%	3	12.5%
	>50	13	10.7%	10	10.3%	3	12.5%
2- Gender	Male	74	61.2%	56	57.7%	18	75.0%	0.120
	Female	47	38.8%	41	42.3%	6	25.0%
3- Weight (Kg)	<60	19	15.7%	18	18.6%	1	4.2%	0.326
	60-70	32	26.4%	24	24.7%	8	33.3%
	71-80	24	19.8%	20	20.6%	4	16.7%
	81-90	24	19.8%	17	17.5%	7	29.2%
	>90	22	18.2%	18	18.6%	4	16.7%
4- Height (Cm)	<160	29	24.0%	24	24.7%	5	20.8%	0.500
	160-170	42	34.7%	36	37.1%	6	25.0%
	171-180	36	29.8%	27	27.8%	9	37.5%
	>180	14	11.6%	10	10.3%	4	16.7%
5- Practice Exercise	Yes	59	48.8%	44	45.4%	15	62.5%	0.133
	No	62	51.2%	53	54.6%	9	37.5%
5- Exercise per week	1-3	44	36.4%	33	34.0%	11	45.8%	0.068
	4-5	13	10.7%	11	11.3%	2	8.3%
	7	2	1.7%	0	0.0%	2	8.3%
6-Sleep per day (hours)	<7	68	56.2%	54	55.7%	14	58.3%	0.689
	7-8	47	38.8%	37	38.1%	10	41.7%
	>8	6	5.0%	6	6.2%	0	0.0%
7- Smoke	Yes	30	24.8%	25	25.8%	5	20.8%	0.616
8- Chronic disease	Yes	20	16.5%	14	14.4%	6	25.0%	0.227
	Hypertension	7	5.8%	5	5.2%	2	8.3%	0.624
	Diabetes Mellitus	6	5.0%	5	5.2%	1	4.2%	0.842
	Arthritis	3	2.5%	2	2.1%	1	4.2%	0.488
	Hyperlipidemia	6	5.0%	4	4.1%	2	8.3%	0.340
	Other	2	1.6%	2	2.0%	0	0.0%	0.778