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Table 1 Compliance by individual characteristics

From: Sequential compression devices in postoperative urologic patients: an observational trial and survey study on the influence of patient and hospital factors on compliance

Characteristic

Mean compliance

95% confidence interval

p value

Test

Gender

  

0.8697

t test

Male

79.7%

72.7%-86.6%

  

Female

78.5%

65.7%-91.3%

  

Age category

  

0.3635

ANOVA

<49 yo

77.2%

64.2%-90.1%

  

50-59 yo

72.1%

59.7%-84.5%

  

60-69 yo

86.2%

76.9%- 95.4%

  

70+

81.6%

68.1%-95.2%

  

Education

  

0.6486

ANOVA

High school or less

78.4%

66.6%-90.2%

  

Some college/college graduate

82.4%

75.3%-89.4%

  

Masters/doctorate

75.5%

58.1%-92.8%

  

Surgery type

  

0.7281

ANOVA

Open

77.0%

69.1%-85.0%

  

Lap/robotic

84.9%

75.1%-94.7%

  

Endoscopic

79.4%

60.7%-98.1%

  

Female pelvic/male urethral

76.4%

62.5%-90.4%

  

Length of stay

  

0.4639

ANOVA

1 day

84.2%

72.3%-96.1%

  

2-3 days

76.4%

67.8%-85.0%

  

4-9 days

76.5%

67.7%-85.3%