Table 4.
Evaluating the effects of preoperative discussion regarding patient LOS and overall comfort with a patient’s discharge
| Variable | Odds ratio (95% CI) | p |
|---|---|---|
| Preoperative discussion | ||
| No | Ref. | – |
| Yes | 2.73 (0.90–8.25) | 0.80 |
| Age | 1.00 (0.94–1.06) | 0.87 |
| BMI | 1.00 (0.93–10.7) | 0.98 |
| Gender | ||
| Female | Ref. | – |
| Male |
1.52 (0.54–4.30) 1.79 (0.60–5.33) |
0.43 0.30 |
| Race | ||
| White | Ref. | – |
| African American | 7.74 (0.30–198.17) | 0.22 |
| Asian | 3.23 (0.37–28.25) | 0.22 |
| Unknown | 1.46 (0.13–16.54) | 0.76 |
| Smoking status | ||
| Never smoker | Ref. | – |
| Former smoker | 0.45 (0.04–4.66) | 0.44 |
| Current smoker | 0.54 (0.21–1.43) | 0.16 |
| Marital status | ||
| Married/partner | Ref. | – |
| Single/divorced/widowed |
0.52 (0.20–1.34) 0.48 (0.18–1.26) |
0.18 |
| Insurance type | ||
| Commercial | – | |
| Medicare | 2.80 (0.36–22.07) | 0.29 |
| Medicaid | 1.87 (0.54–6.52) | 0.58 |
| Worker’s compensation | 14.80 (0.73–300.72) | 0.11 |
| Length of stay (days) | 0.86 (0.49–1.50) | 0.65 |
Discharge comfort was derived from each patient’s postoperative survey. To satisfy the requirements of a binary outcome for the logistic regression, very comfortable and somewhat comfortable were transformed into “comfortable,” while somewhat uncomfortable and very uncomfortable were transformed into “uncomfortable”