Table III.
Categorical patient characteristics by 2-year SSQ-8 scores.
| Variable | No. of patients | % | Mean SSQ-8 score | SD | P value∗ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | .19 | ||||
| Female | 126 | 43.8 | 78.30 | 21.9 | |
| Male | 162 | 56.3 | 81.56 | 19.6 | |
| Race | .07 | ||||
| White | 198 | 70.5 | 81.94 | 19.6 | |
| Black | 61 | 21.7 | 74.51 | 23.9 | |
| Other | 22 | 7.8 | 77.27 | 19.2 | |
| Ethnicity | .07 | ||||
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 4.2 | 86.72 | 24.1 | |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 271 | 95.8 | 79.84 | 20.5 | |
| Marital status | .58 | ||||
| Single | 124 | 50.0 | 80.19 | 20.5 | |
| Married | 124 | 50.0 | 81.21 | 20.6 | |
| Living with caretaker | .08 | ||||
| No | 48 | 19.2 | 85.37 | 18.4 | |
| Yes | 202 | 80.8 | 79.62 | 20.9 | |
| Family/Friend caretaker | .36 | ||||
| No | 12 | 4.8 | 79.43 | 15.2 | |
| Yes | 236 | 95.2 | 80.68 | 20.8 | |
| Education | .05 | ||||
| Did not complete high school | 10 | 4.0 | 74.69 | 22.8 | |
| High school graduate | 120 | 48.4 | 77.74 | 22.1 | |
| College graduate | 118 | 47.6 | 84.43 | 17.9 | |
| Employment | .17 | ||||
| Unemployed | 100 | 39.8 | 77.71 | 23.4 | |
| Employed | 125 | 49.8 | 81.81 | 18.7 | |
| Student | 26 | 10.4 | 87.38 | 14.8 | |
| Income | <.001 | ||||
| <$70,000 | 95 | 46.8 | 73.42 | 23.2 | |
| >$70,000 | 108 | 53.2 | 86.65 | 15.9 | |
| Insurance | .96 | ||||
| None | 1 | 0.4 | 84.38 | - | |
| Government | 72 | 27.7 | 81.04 | 20.2 | |
| Private | 187 | 71.9 | 80.03 | 21.2 | |
| Legal claim related to surgery | .15 | ||||
| Yes | 26 | 10.6 | 73.64 | 26.1 | |
| No | 219 | 89.4 | 81.64 | 19.3 | |
| Workers' compensation | .14 | ||||
| Yes | 18 | 7.4 | 71.43 | 26.1 | |
| No | 225 | 92.6 | 81.44 | 19.6 | |
| Smoking | .018 | ||||
| Never | 161 | 64.1 | 83.20 | 18.6 | |
| Current or former smoker | 90 | 35.9 | 76.37 | 22.9 | |
| Alcohol | .40 | ||||
| Never drink | 78 | 31.2 | 78.24 | 22.2 | |
| Less than 4 times per week | 156 | 62.4 | 82.08 | 19.7 | |
| Greater than 4 times per week | 16 | 6.4 | 79.69 | 19.9 | |
| Recreational drugse | .027 | ||||
| No | 233 | 95.5 | 81.36 | 20.0 | |
| Yes | 11 | 4.5 | 67.45 | 21.7 | |
| Preoperative opioid use | .024 | ||||
| No | 196 | 68.8 | 82.09 | 19.4 | |
| Yes | 89 | 31.2 | 76.07 | 22.8 | |
| ASA score | .010 | ||||
| 1 | 81 | 28.1 | 86.16 | 16.2 | |
| 2 | 176 | 61.1 | 78.24 | 21.3 | |
| 3 | 30 | 10.4 | 76.57 | 23.3 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 31.25 | - | |
| Laterality | .86 | ||||
| Right | 176 | 61.1 | 79.84 | 21.5 | |
| Left | 112 | 38.9 | 80.60 | 19.2 | |
| Injury led to surgery | .42 | ||||
| No | 90 | 36.3 | 79.41 | 20.3 | |
| Yes | 158 | 63.7 | 81.41 | 20.8 | |
SSQ-8, Surgical Satisfaction Questionnaire-8; no., number; SD, standard deviation; ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists.
Bold values indicate statistical significance (P < .05).
∗
Significance determined at P < .05 (Wilcoxon rank-sum test for 2-group comparisons, Kruskal-Wallis test for comparisons between more than 2 groups).