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Table 1 Characteristics of the surveyed patients

From: Emotional status and fear in patients scheduled for elective surgery during COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide cross-sectional survey (COVID-SURGERY)

Questionnaires, n

2376

Age (years), mean ± sd

58.02 ± 16.61

Sex, n (%)

 

 Male

1177 (49.56)

 Female

1198 (50.44)

Education, n (%)

 

 Primary school

858 (36.13)

 Junior high school

480 (20.21)

 Senior high school

337 (14.19)

 Academic

700 (29.47)

Job description, n (%)

 

 Manager

49 (2.06)

 Employee

432 (18.19)

 Health worker

79 (3.33)

 Self-employed

284 (11.96)

 Worker

180 (7.58)

 Homemaker

170 (7.16)

 Student

33 (1.39)

 Other

46 (1.94)

 Unemployed

295 (12.42)

 Retired

807 (33.98)

Spouse/partner, n (%)

 

 Yes

1895 (79.86)

 No

478 (20.14)

Number of children, n (%)

 

No children

517 (21.79)

 1

498 (20.99)

 2

909 (38.31)

 3

326 (13.74)

 > 3

123 (5.18)

Age of youngest child, n (%°)

 

 < 2

42 (2.26)

 2–10

218 (11.75)

 10–18

211 (11.37)

 18–30

430 (23.18)

 > 30

954 (51.43)

Cohabiting with chronic disease, n (%)

 

 Yes

357 (15.03)

 No

2018 (84.97)

Affected by a chronic disease, n (%)

 

Yes

1290 (54.32)

 Cardiovascular

754 (58.45)

 Pulmonary

217 (16.82)

 Metabolic

464 (35.97)

 Oncological

210 (16.28)

 Immunological

116 (8.99)

 Other

141 (10.93)

No

1085 (45.68)

Use of sleep-inducing drugs, n (%)

 

 No

2011 (84.75)

 Yes, for years

191 (8.05)

 Yes, for month

124 (5.23)

 Yes, for weeks

47 (1.98)

Recurrent use of alcoholic beverages (6 months), n (%)

 

 Yes

139 (5.86)

 No

2235 (94.14)

Recurrent drug abuse (6 months), n (%)

 

 Yes

27 (1.14)

 No

2347 (98.86)

Isolation due to contact with COVID-19 patient, n (%)

 

 Yes

269 (11.33)

 No

2106 (88.67)

Previous SARS-CoV-2 infection, n (%)

 

 Yes

158 (6.65)

 No

2217 (93.35)

Family member with SARS-CoV-2 infection, n (%)

 

 Yes

409 (17.23)

 No

1965 (82.77)

Other surgery in the past, n (%)

 

 Yes

1845 (77.72)

 No

529 (22.28)

Previous surgery affects the current emotional status, n (%^)

 

 No

1024 (55.65)

 Slightly

460 (25.00)

 Moderately

284 (15.43)

 Extremely

72 (3.91)

Type of surgery, n (%)

 

 Abdominal

478 (20.15)

 Breast

162 (6.83)

 Caesarean section

36 (1.52)

 Cardiac/thoracic

240 (10.12)

 Gynaecological

217 (9.15)

 Neurological

58 (2.45)

 Orthopaedic

175 (7.38)

 Otolaryngology

181 (7.63)

 Plastic

74 (3.12)

 Urological

380 (16.02)

 Vascular

170 (7.17)

 Other

201 (8.47)

Type of anaesthesia, n (%)

 

 General

1519 (64.15)

 Regional

615 (25.97)

 Sedation

234 (9.88)

Type of patient, n (%)

 

 Outpatient

1265 (53.38)

 Inpatient

1105 (46.62)

  1. For all the questions, missing data were < 0.5%
  2. °Percentage was calculated excluding 517 questionnaires reported “No child”
  3. §Percentage was calculated excluding 1085 questionnaires reported “No chronic diseases”
  4. ^Percentage was calculated excluding 529 questionnaires reported “No surgery in the past”