Table 2.
Delphi survey risk factors with a majority vote of high importance.
| Groups: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (All Participants) | Consultant Anaesthetists | Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeons | Orthopaedic Registrars | All Orthopaedic Participants |
| Risk Factors: | ||||
| * Return to the theatre (0.75) | * Return to the theatre (0.70) | * Return to the theatre (0.77) | In-hospital complication any (1.00) | * Return to the theatre (0.81) |
| In-hospital complication any (0.67) | In-hospital complication any (0.65) | * ICU/HDU admission (0.69) | Dependent functional status (1.00) | * ICU/HDU admission (0.75) |
| * ICU/HDU admission (0.67) | * ICU/HDU admission (0.60) | Substance abuse (0.62) | Increasing number of previous admissions (1.00) | In-hospital complication any (0.69) |
| Dependent functional status (0.56) | Liver disease (0.55) | In-hospital complication any (0.62) | * Preoperative patient-reported pain level (1.00) | Charlson Comorbidity Index (0.56) |
| Dementia (0.53) | Congestive heart failure (0.55) | Liver disease (0.54) | * ICU/HDU admission (1.00) | Dependent functional status (0.56) |
| *Preoperative patient-reported pain level (0.53) | Dementia (0.55) | Charlson Comorbidity Index (0.54) | * Return to the theatre (1.00) | * Preoperative patient-reported pain level (0.56) |
| Liver disease (0.50) | Dependent functional status (0.55) | Charlson Comorbidity Index (0.67) | Substance abuse (0.50) | |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index (0.50) | Increasing number of previous admissions (0.55) | Dementia (0.67) | Dementia (0.50) | |
| Substance abuse (0.50) | Peripheral vascular disease (0.50) | * Preoperative patient-reported level of function (0.67) | ||
| Increasing number of previous admissions (0.50) | Substance abuse (0.50) | * Duration of operation (0.67) | ||
| Congestive heart failure (0.50) | * Preoperative patient-reported pain level (0.50) | Length of stay (0.67) | ||
ICU = intensive care unit; HDU = high dependency unit; * = majority (≥50%) voted as high-importance despite lack of systematic review evidence. Votes were provided overall and amongst each subgroup (numbers in brackets correspond to the proportion of votes in the high-importance category).