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.

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