Table 5.

Analysis of assessment scores by measurement time in the Fast Recovery era

Assessment	Scale	Good score		Time point		p-value
			N	Pre-operative	Pre-discharge
Hand grip strength	Kg	High	26	32.3 ± 10.5	29.6 ± 11.7	0.031
Short physical performance (% scoring 12*)	0–12	High	26	20 (77%)	6 (23%)	< 0.001
Six-minute walk test	Metres	High	25	427 ± 122	213 ± 101	< 0.001

Only those patients with data recorded for the assessment at both time points were included in the analysis. Data are reported as median (interquartile range) or as mean ± standard deviation, unless stated otherwise, with p-values from Wilcoxon’s signed ranks tests. Bold p-values are significant at p < 0.05

^*The majority of the cohort scored the maximum number of points pre-operatively; hence, the proportion of cases with this score is reported to allow clearer comparison between time points; however, the p-values are based on the actual observed values