107 / 240
Table 5.
Risks of Surgery Mentioned by Parents in Relation to Demographic and Consultation Factors.
Median Scores
Interquartile Range
Mean Rank
Mann-Whitney
U
(
Z
)
or Kruskal-Wallis (
x
2
)
No. of caregivers at consultation
Z
=
2
1.44,
P
= .15
1
0.33
0.20-0.67
39.96
2
0.55
0.20-1.00
48.17
Index child previous surgery
Z
=
2
1.09,
P
= .28
Yes
0.25
0.18-0.58
36.82
No
0.40
0.20-1.00
43.94
Any child previous surgery
Z
=
2
0.87,
P
= .38
Yes
0.33
0.16-0.75
27.69
No
0.40
0.20-1.00
32.51
Consulting surgeon
x
2
= 0.90,
P
= .64
1
0.33
0.18-0.67
39.86
2
0.33
0.16-1.00
41.95
3
0.37
0.20-1.00
46.43
Education level
x
2
= 1.45,
P
= .69
High school or less
0.33
0.11-1.00
41.39
Community college
0.40
0.20-0.75
43.08
Undergraduate
0.42
0.25-1.00
47.10
Graduate or higher
0.33
0.13-0.67
37.97
Surgery type
Z
=
2
0.85,
P
= .34
Adeno/tonsillectomy
1.00
0.18-1.00
36.16
Ear tubes
1.00
0.11-1.00
40.93
Table 4.
Benefits of Surgery Mentioned by Parents in Relation to Demographic and Consultation Factors.
Median Scores
Interquartile Range
Mean Rank
Mann-Whitney
U
(
Z
)
or Kruskal-Wallis (
x
2
)
No. of caregivers at consultation
Z
=
2
0.89,
P
= .37
1
1.00
0.50-1.00
38.86
2
0.67
0.33-1.00
34.30
Index child previous surgery
Z
=
2
1.43,
P
= .15
Yes
0.50
0.00-1.00
30.87
No
1.00
0.50-1.00
39.19
Any child previous surgery
Z
=
2
0.69,
P
= .49
Yes
1.00
0.56-1.00
31.50
No
1.00
0.50-1.00
27.85
Consulting surgeon
x
2
= 0.58,
P
= .75
1
1.00
0.00-1.00
34.93
2
1.00
0.50-1.00
38.06
3
1.00
0.50-1.00
39.58
Education level
x
2
= 2.74,
P
= .43
High school or less
1.00
0.50-1.00
38.87
Community college
1.00
0.50-1.00
42.31
Undergraduate
0.83
0.31-1.00
33.33
Graduate or higher
0.67
0.33-1.00
33.91
Surgery type
Z
=
2
0.74,
P
= .54
Adeno/tonsillectomy
1.00
0.50-1.00
38.06
Ear tubes
1.00
0.31-1.00
33.93
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