Table 3.
Cross-tabulation results for patient survey.
| Are there any cost issues that interfere with your device follow-up? |
Does attending the device clinic make you nervous? |
Are you satisfied with your device clinic visits? |
Does having this device change the way that you care for yourself? |
Would you feel secure if you did not have to go to the hospital to have your device checked? |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | P | Always | Sometimes | Never | P | Always | Sometimes | Never | P | Yes | P | Yes | P | |
| Whole cohort (N = 512) | ||||||||||||||
| Age | ||||||||||||||
| < 70 (n = 276) | 52 (19.0) | 0.011∗ | 15 (5.5) | 46 (16.7) | 214 (77.8) | 0.0004∗ | 249 (90.2) | 23 (8.3) | 4 (1.5) | < 0.0001∗ | 106 (42.4) | 0.4 | 103 (46.6) | 0.023∗ |
| 70 or older (n = 234) | 25 (10.8) | 4 (1.7) | 20 (8.7) | 207 (89.6) | 231 (98.7) | 3 (1.3) | 0 (0) | 84 (38.5) | 66 (35.5) | |||||
| Retirement status | ||||||||||||||
| Not retired (n = 153) | 24 (15.8) | 0.82 | 7 (4.6) | 24 (15.8) | 121 (79.6) | 0.18 | 138 (90.2) | 14 (9.2) | 1 (0.7) | 0.046∗ | 62 (45.6) | 0.17 | 58 (47.9) | 0.068 |
| Retired (n = 357) | 53 (15.0) | 12 (3.4) | 42 (11.9) | 299 (84.7) | 341 (95.8) | 12 (3.4) | 3 (0.8) | 128 (38.7) | 108 (38.2) | |||||
| Sex | ||||||||||||||
| Male (n = 369) | 61 (16.7) | 0.25 | 11 (3.0) | 41 (11.2) | 313 (85.8) | 0.018∗ | 350 (94.9) | 16 (4.3) | 3 (0.8) | 0.38 | 133 (39.1) | 0.32 | 129 (43.1) | 0.27 |
| Female (n = 144) | 18 (12.6) | 8 (5.6) | 25 (17.5) | 110 (76.9) | 132 (92.3) | 10 (7.0) | 1 (0.7) | 57 (44.2) | 40 (37.0) | |||||
| Distance to clinic | ||||||||||||||
| Within 50 km (n = 280) | 19 (6.8) | < 0.0001∗ | 10 (3.6) | 37 (13.3) | 232 (83.2) | 0.99 | 263 (93.9) | 16 (5.7) | 1 (0.4) | 0.84 | 94 (36.7) | 0.05 | 88 (40.9) | 0.73 |
| 50 km or more (n = 231) | 60 (26.2) | 9 (3.9) | 29 (12.6) | 192 (83.5) | 218 (94.4) | 10 (4.3) | 3 (1.3) | 96 (45.5) | 81 (42.6) | |||||
| ICD only (n = 371) | ||||||||||||||
| Shock history | ||||||||||||||
| No previous shock (n = 259) | 50 (19.5) | 0.46 | 11 (4.3) | 30 (11.7) | 215 (84.0) | 0.81 | 243 (94.2) | 13 (5.0) | 2 (0.8) | 0.63 | 95 (40.4) | 0.23 | 94 (44.6) | 0.25 |
| Previous shock (n = 112) | 18 (16.2) | 2 (1.8) | 20 (18.0) | 89 (80.2) | 102 (91.9) | 9 (8.1) | 0 (0) | 48 (47.5) | 34 (37.4) | |||||
| Device followed | ||||||||||||||
| Attend clinic (n = 119) | 19 (16.2) | 0.45 | 8 (6.9) | 20 (17.2) | 88 (75.9) | 0.006∗ | 110 (94) | 6 (5.1) | 1 (0.9) | 0.92 | 36 (34.0) | 0.031 | 41 (46.1) | 0.4 |
| Remotely (n = 252) | 49 (19.5) | 5 (2.0) | 30 (12.0) | 216 (86.1) | 235 (93.3) | 16 (6.4) | 1 (0.4) | 107 (46.5) | 87 (40.9) | |||||
Data are presented as n (%) except where otherwise specified.
ICD, implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
∗
Statistically significant (P < 0.05).