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Table 1 Demographic characteristics

From: The dynamic impact of Joint Awareness on Quality of Life after Total Knee Arthroplasty: a longitudinal study

Variable

Included (n = 342)

Excluded (n = 58)

p value

Sex (n, %)

  

0.477

Female

218 (63.7)

40 (69.0)

 

Male

124 (36.3)

18 (31.0)

 

Age, years (n, %)

  

0.008

 ≤ 60

111 (32.5)

13 (22.4)

 

 > 60

231 (67.5)

45 (77.6)

 

Basic education (n, %)

  

0.307

Secondary/comprehensive school (or less)

267 (78.1)

44 (75.9)

 

Senior high school

52 (15.2)

9 (15.5)

 

Junior college or above

23 (6.7)

5 (8.6)

 

Side (n, %)

  

0.764

 Right

166 (48.5)

27 (46.6)

 

 Left

176 (51.5)

31 (53.4)

 

BMI (kg/m2 ± SD)

27.02 ± 2.20

27.19 ± 2.14

0.100

ASA class (n, %)

  

0.813

 II

160 (46.8)

28 (48.3)

 

 III

182 (53.2)

30 (51.7)

 

Postoperative analgesia type (n, %)

  

0.386

Conventional analgesic

39 (11.4)

7 (12.1)

 

PCIA

303 (88.6)

51 (87.9)

 
  1. BMI, Body Mass Index; ASA, American Standards Association; PCIA, Patient Controlled Intravenous Analgesia