Table 3.
Distribution of variables according to time on the waiting list for all 42 patients scheduled for incisional/ventral hernia repair
| Variables | Time on the waiting list | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤ 3 months (n = 14) | 4–6 months (n = 8) | > 6 to 12 months (n = 20) | P value | |
| Sex, men/women | 10/4 | 2/6 | 15/5 | 0.039 |
| Age, years, men (SD*) | 68.9 (8.6) | 63.1 (11.8) | 60.1 (13.8) | 0.126 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2, mean (SD) | 26.8 (3.5) | 26.4 (2.3) | 27.6 (2.6) | 0.480 |
| Severity | ||||
| EQ-5D VAS, mean (SD) | 81.3 (17.1) | 58.3 (28.5) | 71.9 (18.6) | 0.224 |
| Preference-based index, mean (SD) | 0.74 (0.24) | 0.51 (0.30) | 0.78 (0.22) | 0.106 |
| HerQLes score, mean (SD) | 75.1 (15.2) | 52.2 (23.0) | 65.1 (19.1) | 0.094 |
| Priority | ||||
| Hernia complexity | 0.970 | |||
| Simple | 3 (21.4) | 3 (37.5) | 4 (20) | |
| Moderate | 3 (21.4) | 1 (12.5) | 4 (20) | |
| Complex | 8 (57.1) | 4 (50) | 12 (60) | |
| mFI index score, mean (SD) | 0.14 (0.11) | 0.11 (0.13) | 0.11 (0.11) | 0.682 |
| Use of analgesics, mean (SD) | 1.27 (0.64) | 2.17 (0.98) | 1 (0) | 0.001 |
SD standard deviation, EQ-5D EuroQol-5D, VAS visual analogue scale, HerQLes Hernia-Related Quality-of-Life Survey, mFI modified frailty index
Data expressed as frequencies and percentages in parenthesis unless otherwise stated