Table 1.
Demographics and pre-operative work characteristics
| Variable | Descriptive Statistics (n = 134) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Median | Min | Max | |
| Age (years) | 56.4 | 10.9 | 57.5 | 26.0 | 84.0 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 28.1 | 5.2 | 27.4 | 18.7 | 47.4 |
| SANE score * | 42.4 | 21.6 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 90.0 |
| Sex | Number (%) | ||||
| Female | 55 | 41.0% | |||
| Male | 79 | 59.0% | |||
| Race | Number (%) | ||||
| White or Caucasian | 121 | 90.3% | |||
| Asian | 3 | 2.2% | |||
| Black or African American | 2 | 1.5% | |||
| Other | 2 | 1.5% | |||
| Missing | 6 | 4.5% | |||
| Ethnicity | Number (%) | ||||
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 124 | 92.5% | |||
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 3.0% | |||
| Missing | 6 | 4.5% | |||
| Procedure Type | Number (%) | ||||
| Decompression only | 68 | 50.7% | |||
| Fusion | 66 | 49.3% | |||
| Patient Class | Number (%) | ||||
| Ambulatory | 45 | 33.6% | |||
| Inpatient | 89 | 66.4% | |||
| Employment | Number (%) | ||||
| Yes, full-time | 109 | 81.3% | |||
| Yes, part-time | 8 | 6.0% | |||
| Self-employed | 17 | 12.7% | |||
| How do you get to work? | Number (%) | ||||
| Bike | 1 | 0.7% | |||
| Drive | 64 | 47.8% | |||
| Public Transportation | 27 | 20.1% | |||
| Taxi | 5 | 3.7% | |||
| Walk | 5 | 3.7% | |||
| Work from home | 18 | 13.4% | |||
| Missing | 14 | 10.4% | |||
| Job Accommodations | Number (%) | ||||
| Change job to something you can do | 6 | 4.5% | |||
| Change time to start and stop work | 16 | 11.9% | |||
| More breaks and rest periods | 9 | 6.7% | |||
| Shorter work day | 3 | 2.2% | |||
| Someone to help you out | 7 | 5.2% | |||
| Special equipment | 6 | 4.5% | |||
| Special transportation | 2 | 1.5% | |||
| None | 71 | 53.0% | |||
| Missing | 14 | 10.5% | |||
*
SANE = Single Assessment Numerical Evaluation