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Table 1 Characteristics of patients accepting surgery compared to those refusing surgery

From: Do we really allow patient decision-making in rotator cuff surgery? A prospective randomized study

 

Accepting surgery

Yes

Accepting surgery

No

P value

Question

 Benefit

36/43 (83.7%)

7/43 (16.3%)

 

 Side effect

17/37 (45.9%)

20/37 (54.1%)

0.000

Age

50.8

54.5

0.35

Gender

 Female

66.7%

33.3%

 

 Male

65.9%

34.1%

0.94

Laterality

 Right

67.3%

32.7%

 

 Left

64.5%

35.5%

0.79

Constant score

62.3

58.2

0.50

Pain

6.8

6.8

0.89

DLA

13.5

12.9

0.57

FE

8.4

7.9

0.43

ABD

8.3

7.8

0.46

LR

7.4

6.3

0.27

IR

7.2

7

0.66

Strength

10

8.9

0.45

  1. DLA daily living activities, FE forward elevation, ABD abduction, LR lateral rotation, IR internal rotation