Table 4 Patient characteristics of patients excluded due to surgeon or patient preferences by preferred treatment
From: The impact of surgeon and patient treatment preferences in an orthopaedic trauma surgery trial
Characteristic | Surgeon preference (for patients excluded due to lack of equipoise, n = 117) | Patient preference (of non-consenting patients, n = 313) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Surgery | Not surgery | p value | Surgery | Not surgery | p value | |
Gender | ||||||
Male, n (%) | 11 (48%) | 12 (52%) | 0.4761 | 11 (17%) | 55 (83%) | 0.4761 |
Female, n (%) | 30 (39%) | 46 (61%) | 44 (21%) | 169 (79%) | ||
Age (years) | ||||||
N | 41 | 56 | 53 | 214 | ||
Mean (SD) | 68.0 (2.06) | 72.4 (1.76) | 0.1052 | 65.1 (15.59) | 69.2 (12.21) | 0.0392 |
Median | 68.8 | 75.0 | 69.3 | 70.7 | ||
< 65 years, n (%) | 16 (57%) | 12 (43%) | 0.0591 | 23 (23%) | 77 (77%) | 0.3181 |
≥ 65 years, n (%) | 25 (36%) | 44 (64%) | 30 (18%) | 137 (82%) | ||
Fracture type | ||||||
One or both tuberosities involved, n (%) | 23 (43%) | 31 (57%) | 0.7941 | 44 (22%) | 160 (78%) | 0.1701 |
Neither tuberosity involved, n | 18 (40%) | 27 (60%) | 11 (14%) | 66 (86%) | ||
Affected shoulder | ||||||
Left, n (%) | 15 (31%) | 34 (69%) | 0.0521 | 28 (20%) | 109 (80%) | 0.9531 |
Right, n (%) | 24 (50%) | 24 (50%) | 27 (20%) | 107 (80%) | ||
Days since injury | ||||||
N | 41 | 58 | 55 | 226 | ||
Mean (SD) | 6.5 (5.83) | 4.7 (4.94) | 0.2533 | 5.5 (5.26) | 5.2 (4.68) | 0.9123 |
Median | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||