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Table 3 Survey

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

 

Length of stay

p

Aggregated

n = 221*

0

n = 6*

1

n = 83

2

n = 96

3 + 

n = 42

Preoperative

      

 LOS discussion

    

0.57

 

  Yes

6 (100.00%)

68 (81.93%)

84 (87.50%)

35 (83.33%)

 

187 (84.62%)

  No

0

15 (18.07%)

12 (12.37%)

7 (16.28%)

 

34 (15.38%)

 Estimated LOS

    

NA

 

  Same day

5 (83.33%)

3 (3.61%)

1 (1.04%)

2 (4.76%)

 

6 (2.71%)

  Next day

0

35 (42.17%)†

27 (27.12%)

3 (7.14%)

 

65 (29.41%)

  2 days

1 (16.67%)

30 (36.14%)

49 (51.04%)†

21 (50.00%)

 

100 (45.25%)

  3+ days

0

3 (3.61%)

10 (10.42%)

10 (23.81%)

 

23 (10.41%)

  Not discussed

0

12 (14.46%)

9 (9.38%)

6 (14.29%)

 

27 (12.22%)

 Discharge plan

    

 < 0.01

 

  Very comfortable

3 (50.00%)

46 (55.42%)

39 (40.62%)

12 (28.57%)

 

97 (43.89%)

  Somewhat comfortable

3 (50.00%)

28 (33.73%)

44 (45.38%)

16 (38.10%)

 

88 (39.82%)

  Somewhat uncomfortable

0

5 (6.02%)

6 (6.52%)

9 (21.43%)

 

20 (9.05%)

  Very uncomfortable

0

4 (4.82%)

7 (7.29%)

5 (11.90%)

 

16 (7.24%)

 Likelihood to participate in SDD

    

 < .0001

 

  Very likely

3 (50.00%)

20 (20.62%)

7 (7.29%)

3 (7.14%)

 

30 (13.57%)

  Likely

2 (33.33%)

32 (38.55%)

20 (20.83%)

3 (7.14%)

 

55 (24.89%)

  Unlikely

1 (16.67%)

21 (25.30%)

36 (37.50%)

12 (28.57%)

 

69 (31.22%)

 Very unlikely

0 (0.00%)

10 (12.05%)

33 (34.38%)

24 (57.14%)

 

67 (30.32%)

Postoperative

      

 Patient-reported LOS

    

NA

 

  Same day

6 (100.00%)

0

0

0

 

0

  Next day

0

82 (98.80%)‡

3 (3.12%)

0

 

85 (38.46%)

  2 days

0

1 (1.20%)

91 (94.79%)

2 (4.76%)

 

94 (42.53%)

  3+ days

0

0

2 (2.08%)

40 (95.24%)

 

42 (19.00%)

 Discharge comfort

    

0.09

 

  Very comfortable

3 (50.00%)

50 (60.24%)

52 (54.17%)

17 (40.48%)

 

119 (53.85%)

  Somewhat comfortable

0

24 (28.92%)

36 (37.50%)

19 (45.24%)

 

79 (35.75%)

  Somewhat uncomfortable

3 (50.00%)

6 (7.23%)

8 (8.33%)

6 (14.29%)

 

20 (9.05%)

  Very uncomfortable

0

3 (3.61%)

0

0

 

3 (1.36%)

 Preferred earlier discharge

    

0.12

 

  Preferred a longer stay

2 (33.33%)

9 (10.84%)

11 (11.46%)

10 (23.81%)

 

30 (13.57%)

  Satisfied with stay

4 (66.67%)

74 (89.16%)

82 (85.42%)

31 (73.81%)

 

187 (84.62%)

  Preferred a day or two earlier

0

0

3 (3.12%)

1 (2.38%)

 

4 (1.81%)

  1. *Not included in statistical analyses, and excluded from aggregated column
  2. †Correctly estimated LOS were provided to patients as assessed by preoperative survey
  3. ‡Patient correctly reported length of stay when compared with hospital-recorded length of stay