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Table 3 Patient demographic and medical information

From: Quality of death after elective surgery: a questionnaire survey for the bereaved family

Variables

Median [interquartile range] or number (%)

Preoperative variables

 Age (years)

74 [70–80]

 Male sex

60 (72.3%)

ASA-PS

 1

4 (4.8%)

 2

53 (63.9%)

 3

26 (31.3%)

 The weighting score of the 12-item WHODAS2.0

19 [6–47]

 Functional disability assessed based on the score of the 12-item WHODAS2.0

38 (45.7%)

Intraoperative variables

 Operation time (min)

199 [76–327]

 Types of surgery

 Neuro

5 (6%)

 Thoracic

9 (10.8%)

 Cardiac

4 (4.8%)

 Esophageal

1 (1.2%)

 Upper abdominal

21 (25.3%)

 Lower abdominal

26 (31.3%)

 Head, neck, pharyngeal, and laryngeal

8 (9.6%)

 Chest wall, abdominal wall, and perineum

2 (2.4%)

 Spine

2 (2.4%)

 Hip joint and limbs

5 (6%)

Postoperative variables

 Place of death

  Our hospital

38 (46.3%)

  Other hospitals

30 (36.6%)

  Home

9 (11%)

  Unknown

5 (6.1%)

  Palliative care

22 (26.8%)

  Died without discharge after hospitalization

5 (6%)

  Days until death (days)

217 [139–303]

  1. ASA-PS American Society of Anesthesiologists, ASA physical status classification; WHODAS2.0 World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0