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Table 2 Baseline demographics

From: Preoperative Patient Expectation of Discharge Planning is an Essential Component in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Demographics

Actual length of stay

p

Aggregated

n = 221a

0

n = 6*

1

n = 83

2

n = 96

3 + 

n = 42

Age (years)

54.00 ± 9.25

62.01 ± 10.47

61.65 ± 10.33

62.45 ± 11.43

0.92

61.94 ± 10.55

Gender

    

 < 0.01

 

 Female

3 (50.00%)

40 (48.19%)

60 (62.50%)

32 (76.19%)

 

132 (59.73%)

 Male

3 (50.00%)

43 (51.81%)

36 (37.50%)

10 (23.81%)

 

89 (40.27%)

BMI (kg/m2)

29.68 ± 6.00

30.09 ± 6.24

31.27 ± 6.59

33.88 ± 8.25

 < 0.05

31.28 ± 6.85

Race

    

0.83

 

 African American (Black)

0

11 (13.25%)

19 (19.79%)

9 (19.05%)

 

38 (17.19%)

 Asian

0

2 (2.41%)

3 (3.12%)

0

 

5 (2.26%)

 White

6 (100.00%)

62 (74.70%)

65 (67.71%)

30 (71.43%)

 

157 (71.04%)

 Unknown

0

8 (9.64%)

9 (9.38%)

4 (9.52%)

 

21 (9.50%)

Smoking status

    

0.53

 

 Current smoker

0

5 (6.02%)

7 (7.29%)

3 (7.14%)

 

15 (6.79%)

 Former smoker

3 (50.00%)

31 (37.35%)

38 (39.58%)

22 (52.38%)

 

91 (41.18%)

 Never

3 (50.00%)

47 (56.63%)

51 (53.12%)

17 (40.48%)

 

115 (52.04%)

Primary payor

    

 < 0.05

 

 Commercial

5 (83.33%)

47 (56.63%)

53 (55.21%)

12 (28.57%)

 

112 (50.68%)

 Medicaid

0

3 (3.61%)

7 (7.22%)

4 (9.52%)

 

14 (6.33%)

 Medicare

1 (16.67%)

33 (39.76%)

35 (36.46%)

24 (55.81%)

 

92 (41.63%)

 Worker’s compensation/no fault

0

0

1 (1.04%)

2 (4.76%)

 

3 (1.36%)

Marital status

    

0.07

 

 Married/partner

5 (83.33%)

47 (56.63%)

56 (58.33%)

16 (38.10%)

 

119 (53.85%)

 Single/divorced/widowed

1 (16.67%)

36 (43.37%)

40 (41.67%)

26 (61.90%)

 

102 (46 .15%)

 Surgical time (min)

118.50 ± 26.26

94.29 ± 18.82

98.22 ± 25.56

101.67 ± 32.52

0.27

97.40 ± 24.87

Discharge disposition

    

 < .0001

 

 Home with self-care

1 (83.33%)

4 (4.82%)

2 (2.08%)

1 (2.38%)

 

7 (3.17%)

 Home with services

5 (16.67%)

78 (93.98%)

92 (95.83%)

30 (71.43%)

 

200 (90.50%)

 Skilled nursing facility

0

1 (1.20%)

2 (2.08%)

11 (26.19%)

 

14 (6.33%)

  1. aNot included in statistical analyses, and excluded from aggregated column