Table 2.
Data of community care and primary care usage by the patients from the day of discharge to postoperative day 28 (N=91).
| Postoperative data of patients | Enhanced recovery program group (n=46) | Standard care group (n=45) | P valuea |
| Visit to general practitioner, n (%) | 14 (30) | 25 (56) | .01b |
| Total visits to general practitioner (n) | 15 | 38 | .006c |
| Home visit from general practitioner, n (%) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | .49 |
| General practitioner practice nurse visits, n (%) | 20 (43) | 28 (62) | .052b |
| Total visits to nurse (n) | 33 | 48 | .12c |
| Home visit from nurse, n (%) | 17 (37) | 17 (38) | .87b |
| Total nurse home visits (n) | 42 | 49 | .86 |
| Outpatient visit, n (%) | 5 (11) | 10 (22) | .16 |
| Emergency department/walk-in center, n (%) | 2 (4) | 0 (0) | .49 |
| Help from friends and family, n (%) | 25 (54) | 33 (73) | .04b |
| Total friends and family events (n) | 132 | 188 | .02c |
aStatistical significance tested with Fisher exact test. The statistical test chosen was based upon sample size.
bChi-square test.
cMann-Whitney U test.