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Table 2 Socio-demographic details of recruited patients

From: Investigating the collection and assessment of patient-reported outcome data amongst unplanned surgical hospital admissions: a feasibility study

 

Patients recruited n = 166 (%)

Female

98 (59.0)

Median age (range)

53 (19–100)

Marital status*

 

Married

72 (46.5)

Single

31 (20.0)

Widowed–widower

25 (16.1)

Divorced

16 (10.3)

Co-habiting

11 (7.1)

Educational background*

 

None

35 (22.6)

GCSEs

60 (38.7)

A-level

20 (12.9)

University degree

22 (14.2)

Vocational qualification

18 (11.6)

Employment status*

 

Full-time

61 (39.4)

Retired

58 (37.4)

Part-time

16 (10.3)

Unemployed–sickness

9 (5.8)

Housewife/husband

4 (2.6)

Unemployed–seeking work

3 (1.9)

Other

4 (2.6)

  1. *Socio-demographic information obtained from 156 patients. Of the ten missing patients; four were discharged before information could be obtained, two were transferred to a different department before information could be obtained, three did not provide information for clinical reasons and the reason was unknown for one patient
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