Introduction
Materials and methods
Ethical approval
Study design
Data collection
Participant recruitment
Demographics | n = 33 In brackets: percentage and range |
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Sex | |
Male | 3 (9%) |
Female | 30 (91%) |
Age, mean | 44.32 (18–79) |
BMI, mean | 27.99 (16.5–48.9) |
Smoking | |
Smoker | 0 |
Non-smoking | 20 (60%) |
No data | 13 (42%) |
Respiratory diseases | |
Asthma | 5 (15%) |
COPD | 0 (0%) |
Surgical settings
Patient reported outcome measure (PROM)
Statistical analysis
Results
Study populations
Histopathological findings
Dyspnea index and SF 36, pre vs. post operatively
N | Mean | Median | 25th | 75th | aTwo-tailed p value | |
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Dyspnea index pre-op | 33 | 30.39 | 31.00 | 27.00 | 34.50 | |
Dyspnea index post-op | 33 | 8.97 | 6.00 | 0.50 | 15.50 | < 0.001 |
N | Mean | Median | 25th | 75th | aTwo-tailed p value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Physical functioning pre-op | 33 | 48.03 | 50.00 | 27.50 | 70.00 | |
Physical functioning post-op | 33 | 88.64 | 95.00 | 85.00 | 100.00 | < 0.001 |
Role limitations due to physical health pre-op | 33 | 31.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 75.00 | |
Role limitations due to physical health post-op | 33 | 90.15 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | < 0.001 |
Role limitations due to emotional problems pre-op | 33 | 59.60 | 66.70 | 0.00 | 100.00 | |
Role limitations due to emotional problems post-op | 33 | 89.90 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 0.005 |
Energy/fatigue pre-op | 33 | 36.67 | 35.00 | 20.00 | 50.00 | |
Energy/fatigue post-op | 33 | 63.33 | 75.00 | 52.50 | 80.00 | < 0.001 |
Emotional well-being pre-op | 33 | 66.06 | 64.00 | 52.00 | 78.00 | |
Emotional well-being post-op | 33 | 80.97 | 88.00 | 72.00 | 92.00 | 0.002 |
Social functioning pre-op | 33 | 59.47 | 50.00 | 37.50 | 81.24 | |
Social functioning post-op | 33 | 86.74 | 100.00 | 81.25 | 100.00 | < 0.001 |
Pain Pre-op | 33 | 74.78 | 90.00 | 45.00 | 100.00 | |
Pain Post-op | 33 | 85.08 | 100.00 | 72.50 | 100.00 | 0.047 |
General health pre-op | 33 | 56.06 | 55.00 | 40.00 | 72.50 | |
General health post-op | 33 | 67.88 | 70.00 | 60.00 | 80.00 | 0.003 |
Health change pre-op | 33 | 24.24 | 25.00 | 0.00 | 50.00 | |
Health change post- op | 33 | 84.84 | 100.00 | 75.00 | 100.00 | < 0.001 |