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Table 3 Participant baseline clinical and demographic details

From: A real-time electronic symptom monitoring system for patients after discharge following surgery: a pilot study in cancer-related surgery

 

Centre 1

Bristol participants (n = 29)

Centre 2

Birmingham participants (n = 11)

Sex, n (%)

 Male

19 (66)

8 (73)

Age, years

 Mean (SD)a

64.2 (9.8)

63.4 (14.9)

 Range

43–81

42–81

Ethnicity, n (%)

 White British

22 (76)

11 (100)

 Chinese

1 (3)

0

 Not stated

6 (21)

0

Cancer diagnosis, n (%)

 Yes

21 (72)

11 (100)

Length of hospital stay, days

 Mean (SD)a

12 (9)

18 (12)

 Median (IQR)b

9 (6–14)

11 (10–15)

 Range

3–35

9–45

Surgical procedure received, n (%)

 Oesophago-gastric resection

15 (52)

11 (100)

 Hepatobiliary resection

14 (48)

0

Marital status, n (%)

 Married/civil partnership/cohabiting

26 (91)

5 (46)

 Single

1 (3)

1 (9)

 Divorced/separated

1 (3)

2 (18)

 Widowed

1 (3)

3 (27)

Education, n (%)

 Further education

22 (76)

6 (55)

 Degree/professional qualification

15 (52)

5 (46)

Employment status, n (%)

 Retired

15 (52)

6 (55)

 Working full-time

6 (20)

3 (27)

 Working part-time

4 (14)

1 (9)

 Not in paid employment

4 (14)

1 (9)

Computer usage, n (%)

 Daily

26 (90)

8 (73)

 Weekly

3 (10)

1 (9)

 Rarely

0

2 (18)

Proficiency with computer, n (%)

 Easy

21 (72)

7 (64)

 Sometimes difficult

8 (28)

2 (18)

 Difficult

0

2 (18)

  1. aStandard deviation
  2. bInterquartile range