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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2021 Mar 1;273(3):507–515. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003509

Table 1.

Day-of-surgery characteristics for overall sample and by surgical group

Overall
(n = 913)
Hysterectom
y
(n = 246)
Knee
(n = 325)
Hip
(n = 221)
Thoracic
(n = 121)
Age 59.7 (12.8) 49.6 (11.8) 65.3 (9.4) 62.4 (10.9) 60.4 (13.8)
Male 305 (33.4%) 2 (0.8%) 149 (45.9%) 110 (49.8%) 44 (36.4%)
Caucasian 838 (91.8%) 210 (85.4%) 303 (93.2%) 207 (93.7%) 118 (97.5%)
Married 671 (73.5%) 187 (76.0%) 239 (73.5%) 163 (73.8%) 82 (67.8%)
College graduate 479 (52.5%) 126 (51.2%) 171 (52.6%) 138 (62.4%) 44 (36.4%)
Alcohol use
None 457 (50.1%) 144 (58.5%) 144 (44.3%) 98 (44.3%) 71 (58.7%)
Low to moderate 430 (47.1%) 99 (40.2%) 172 (52.9%) 112 (50.7%) 47 (38.8%)
Heavy/former abuse 26 (2.9%) 3 (1.2%) 9 (2.8) 11 (5.0%) 3 (2.5%)
Tobacco
None 571 (62.5%) 184 (74.8%) 196 (60.3%) 130 (58.8%) 61 (50.4%)
Former tobacco 286 (31.3%) 45 (18.3%) 115 (35.4%) 76 (34.4%) 50 (41.3%)
Current tobacco 56 (6.1%) 17 (6.9%) 14 (4.3%) 15 (6.8%) 10 (8.3%)
Fibromyalgia Survey Criteria Score 4.8 (3.8) 5.6 (4.3) 3.8 (3.2) 5.6 (3.7) 4.3 (3.5)
Function 14.1 (4.5) 18.0 (3.2) 11.8 (3.4) 11.3 (3.4) 17.5 (3.3)
Fatigue 8.8 (4.0) 9.1 (4.3) 8.4 (3.8) 9.3 (4.2) 8.3 (3.7)
Sleep disturbance 22.9 (7.1) 22.9 (7.2) 21.8 (7.1) 24.4 (7.3) 22.8 (6.3)
Anxiety 6.2 (2.8) 6.5 (3.3) 5.7 (2.4) 6.4 (2.8) 6.7 (2.8)
Depression 5.4 (2.5) 5.4 (2.5) 5.2 (2.3) 5.6 (2.6) 5.5 (2.4)
Catastrophizing (n = 908) 3.2 (4.9) 3.4 (5.3) 2.7 (4.4) 3.5 (5.2) 3.1 (4.5)
BPI overall pain severity 3.2 (2.7) 2.6 (2.5) 3.4 (2.7) 3.9 (2.9) 2.7 (2.5)
BPI site-specific pain severity 4.2 (3.2) 1.7 (2.6) 6.1 (2) 6.0 (2.1) 0.6 (1.9)
OME of initial prescription 458.9 (260.6) 176.8 (93.5) 632.0 (195.9) 591.0 (177.1) 326.0 (207.3)
Hysterectomy surgical approach
Laparotomy 19 (7.7%)
Laparoscopy 101 (41.1%)
Vaginal 97 (39.4%)
Robotic 29 (11.8%)
Thoracic surgical approach
Thoracotomy 18 (14.9%)
VATS 67 (55.4%)
Robotic 36 (29.8%)

Data are presented as mean (standard deviation) or as number (percentage) as appropriate. Two hysterectomy subjects were undergoing female-to-male gender transition and are listed as male.