Table 3.
Population Characteristics Associated With Preferring Early Surgery (Within 1 Month) After Health Systems Resume Elective Care.
| Variable, n (%) | Decision for Early Surgery |
P | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | Pd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | ||||
| Total | 531 (73.5) | 191 (26.5) | |||
| Age in years | |||||
| ≤40 | 345 (65.0) | 134 (70.2) | .086 | 1.0 (0.55-1.8) | .999 |
| 41-60 | 138 (26.0) | 35 (18.3) | 0.71 (0.36-1.4) | .334 | |
| >60 | 48 (9.0) | 22 (11.5) | Ref. | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 306 (57.6) | 81 (42.4) | <.001 | Ref. | |
| Male | 225 (42.4) | 110 (57.6) | 1.9 (1.3-2.7) | <.001 | |
| Race | |||||
| White | 377 (71.0) | 143 (74.9) | .637 | - | |
| Black | 33 (6.2) | 11 (5.8) | - | ||
| Asian | 93 (17.5) | 26 (13.6) | - | ||
| Other | 28 (5.3) | 11 (5.8) | - | ||
| Native English speaker | |||||
| Yes | 490 (92.3) | 185 (96.9) | .028 | 2.6 (1.04-6.4) | .042 |
| No | 41 (7.7) | 6 (3.1) | Ref. | ||
| Marital status | |||||
| Single | 211 (39.7) | 83 (43.5) | .722 | - | |
| Separated/divorced | 43 (8.1) | 15 (7.9) | - | ||
| Married | 263 (49.5) | 90 (47.1) | - | ||
| Widowed | 14 (2.6) | 3 (1.6) | - | ||
| Annual income in US$ | |||||
| <30,000 | 134 (25.2) | 66 (34.6) | .047 | 1.4 (0.88-2.3) | .151 |
| 30,000-60,000 | 216 (40.7) | 69 (36.1) | 0.91 (0.59-1.4) | .647 | |
| >60,000 | 181 (34.1) | 56 (29.3) | Ref. | ||
| United States region | |||||
| Northeast | 125 (23.5) | 44 (23.0) | .057 | Ref. | |
| Midwest | 119 (22.4) | 61 (31.9) | 1.5 (0.91-2.4) | .111 | |
| South | 196 (36.9) | 61 (31.9) | 0.89 (0.55-1.4) | .625 | |
| West | 91 (17.1) | 25 (13.1) | 0.76 (0.42-1.4) | .352 | |
| Primary health insurance | |||||
| Medicare | 98 (18.5) | 48 (25.1) | <.001 | Ref. | |
| Medicaid | 51 (9.6) | 20 (10.5) | 0.82 (0.42-1.6) | .545 | |
| Private | 341 (64.2) | 92 (48.2) | 0.66 (0.42-1.03) | .066 | |
| Veterans Affairs | 3 (0.6) | 8 (4.2) | 4.5 (1.1-18.7) | .036 | |
| Uninsured | 38 (7.2) | 23 (12.0) | 1.3 (0.69-2.5) | .401 | |
| Perceived overall health status | |||||
| Poor or fair | 42 (7.9) | 13 (6.8) | .344 | - | |
| Good | 218 (41.1) | 90 (47.1) | - | ||
| Very good or excellent | 271 (51.0) | 88 (46.1) | - | ||
| Major depressive disordera | 110 (20.7) | 45 (23.6) | .412 | - | |
| Limited health literacyb | 91 (17.1) | 37 (19.4) | .488 | - | |
| Low patient engagementc | 60 (11.3) | 19 (9.9) | .608 | - | |
a
Defined as Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) score of 3 or greater.
b
Defined as answers of “somewhat/a little/not at all” to the single health literacy screening question.
c
Defined as an answer of “not very confident” to the single health confidence question.
d
Bold denotes significant result (P < .05) in multivariable regression.