Table 1 Pre-operative characteristics of day surgery patients
Patient characteristic | Cataract surgery | Hernia repair | Varicose vein surgery | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NHS (N = 590) | ISTC (N = 276) | NHS (N = 422) | ISTC (N = 69) | NHS (N = 269) | ISTC (N = 53) | |
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
Age (years) | 73.7 (10.6) | 74.6 (10.0) | 53.4 (18.0) | 48.7 (14.1) | 46.6 (13.5) | 42.2 (16.5) |
Duration symptoms (years) | 2.8 (3.7) | 2.6 (3.0) | 2.8 (5.6) | 1.6 (1.9) | 13.6 (11.5) | 12.8 (8.6) |
Deprivation score | 20.3 (14.1) | 16.5 (9.3) | 18.6 (15.5) | 33.2 (18.9) | 20.1 (14.8) | 33.4 (21.7) |
EQ-5D score | 0.80 (0.24) | 0.84 (0.22) | 0.78 (0.18) | 0.76 (0.19) | 0.76 (0.19) | 0.78 (0.16) |
Disease-specific score | 81.8 (17.9) | 84.7 (15.9) | 47.2 (9.2) | 46.6 (9.2) | 16.9 (8.3) | 15.8 (8.4) |
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
Female | 340 (57.7) | 156 (56.5) | 47 (11.1) | 3 (4.3) | 178 (66.2) | 33 (62.3) |
Any comorbidity | 465 (78.8) | 197 (71.4) | 207 (49.1) | 27 (39.1) | 160 (59.5) | 25 (57.2) |
Previous similar surgery | 202 (34.5) | 90 (32.7) | 84 (20.2) | 9 (13.4) | 86 (32.7) | 15 (28.9) |
Poor or fair health | 131 (22.3) | 45 (16.4) | 34 (8.1) | 4 (5.8) | 27 (10.2) | 3 (5.7) |