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Table 1 Patient baseline data collected before surgery

From: Person-centred care compared with standardized care for patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty—a quasi-experimental study

Data

Controln=138

gPCCn=128

pvalue

Data

Controln=138

gPCCn=128

pvalue

Female/male

89/49

83/45

0.9

Type of living

  

0.02*

Mean age

66

68

0.1

Flat

62

74

Standard Deviation

13,9

12

House

75

52

Living with someone

90

68

0.6

Service flat

1

2

Living alone

46

56

Employment status

  

0.2

Need of assistance from relative

  

1.0

Employed

32

33

Yes

71

67

Retired

84

79

No

57

54

Disability pension

16

5

Other

3

6

Contact with relatives

  

0.8

Need of community home help

  

0.7

Weekly

129

120

None

120

115

Weekly to monthly

6

4

Once a week

6

6

<monthly

2

2

Daily or more

7

4

Home nursing

  

0.1

Assistive aids for personal use such as pincers, seat cushions and so on

  

0.4

Yes

1

4

Yes

46

51

No

132

120

No

44

61

Emergency medical alarm at home

  

0.7

Pre-fracture independence††

  

0.9

Yes

15

9

80-100%

132

117

No

97

113

60-79%

3

7

<60%

3

3

Mean

92

92

SD

13

16

Number of co-morbidities

  

0.06

Type of walking aid

  

0.5

Median

1

1

None

44

42

Min

0

0

Crutches

64

54

Max

6

9

Walking frame

14

19

Wheel chair

3

4

ASA grade

  

0.1

Previous hip replacement in contralateral hip

  

0.4

1

36

22

Yes

47

32

2

75

69

No

91

95

3

27

16

Using naturopathic preparation

  

1.0

Feeling healthy

  

0.7

Yes

116

107

Yes

78

77

No

19

17

No

19

16

  1. *In this variable there was a significant difference between the groups.
  2. †Measured by the Ceder scale [15].
  3. †† Measured by the Functional Recovery Scale [12].
  4. The missing data in some of the variables was regarded as not having an impact on the overall results.
  5. gPCC Gothenburg person-centred care.