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. 2020 Apr 22;35(7):S49–S55. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2020.04.052

Table 3.

Responses by US Region.

Question Midwest
Northeast
South
P Value
111 (31%) 196 (55%)a 52 (14%)
Joint
 Hip 49 92 17 .18
 Knee 62 104 35
Surgery planned
 March 34 93 13 <.0001
 April 65 99 24
 May 12 1 15
 June 0 3 0
Who canceled?
 Surgeon 108 160 39 <.0001
 Self 3 36 13
Becoming infected
 1 – no anxiety 17 21 9 .06
 2 – minimal 39 51 16
 3 – neutral 20 25 6
 4 – moderate 28 66 17
 5 – severe 7 33 4
Spreading infection
 1 – no anxiety 15 30 13 .043
 2 – minimal 40 48 10
 3 – neutral 6 12 6
 4 – moderate 35 66 10
 5 – severe 15 40 13
Finances
 1 – no anxiety 54 66 22 .19
 2 – minimal 19 47 14
 3 – neutral 13 27 5
 4 – moderate 19 45 6
 5 – severe 6 11 5
Job security
 1 – no anxiety 69 110 37 .13
 2 – minimal 13 27 9
 3 – neutral 13 31 2
 4 – moderate 12 23 1
 5 – severe 4 5 3
Not knowing
 1 – no anxiety 23 23 7 .08
 2 – minimal 18 29 7
 3 – neutral 9 21 6
 4 – moderate 47 77 15
 5 – severe 14 46 17
Arthritis pain change?
 Increased 58 111 26 .91
 Decreased 4 6 2
 Stayed same 49 79 24
Surgery in spite of COVID?
 Yes 36 60 15 .89
 No 75 136 37
Agree with no elective OR?
 Yes 97 163 47 .34
 No 14 33 5
Feeling isolated?
 No 27 37 9 .44
 Yes 84 159 43
Have help at home?
 No 94 163 48 .26
 Yes 17 33 4
Activity level changed?
 Increased 15 11 4 .07
 Decreased 45 106 28
 Stayed same 51 79 20
Rescheduling?
 No delay 95 173 47 .92
 COVID fear 7 12 4
 Financial 2 3 0
 PTO 1 2 0
 Other 6 6 1

COVID, novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Values in bold represent P < .05.

a

One survey was completed from a seventh institution and was counted in the frequency but not in the analysis.