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Results of the adult economic evaluation
TABLE 20 Patient characteristics by anaesthetic regimen in the adult study *
Parameter Anaesthetic regimen Total
and 19 non-consultant anaesthetists carried out
268 procedures. The 1063 patients were treated
by 34 surgeons of consultant and nonconsultant
grades.
Of the 1063 adult study participants, 156 (14.7%)
were single, 751 (70.6%) were married, 116
(10.9%) were separated, 38 (3.6%) were widowed
and two did not answer. Three-hundred and sixtytwo
(34.1%) adult study participants were current
smokers and 271 (25.5%) were ex-smokers.
Employment details were recorded and categorised
into social class for all male participants and for
the male partners of female participants (employed
and retired). In the case of single women,
their own social class was recorded (see Table 21).
Propofol/ Propofol/ Propofol/ Sevoflurane/
propofol isoflurane sevoflurane sevoflurane
No. of patients 265 267 280 251 1063
Mean age 44.7 44.3 43.5 43.8 44.1
(median, SD, range) (41.0, 15.3, (42.1, 15.4, (41.3, 15.0, (40.4, 14.9, (41.3, 15.1,
(years) 18.1–80.8) 17.6–86.6) 17.7–83.6) 19.0–87.5) 17.6–87.5)
ASA grade I 182 182 187 169 720 (67.7%)
ASA grade II 76 78 83 72 309 (29.1%)
ASA grade III 2 0 6 3 11 (1.0%)
ASA grade not known 5 7 4 7 23 (2.2%)
Type of surgery
Gynaecology, minor 72 81 81 71 305 (28.7%)
Gynaecology, intermediate 66 62 71 66 265 (24.9%)
Urology 44 45 45 38 172 (16.2%)
Knee 21 24 18 16 79 (7.4%)
Peritoneum 14 10 12 18 54 (5.1%)
Penis 15 8 13 10 46 (4.3%)
Vulva/vagina 7 13 6 6 32 (3.0%)
Tendons, muscles 5 7 6 7 25 (2.4%)
Peripheral, leg 5 3 8 5 21 (2.0%)
Skin, minor 3 5 6 2 16 (1.5%)
Bone 6 1 4 2 13 (1.2%)
Gastrointestinal, intermediate 4 2 2 2 10 (0.9%)
Joint 0 1 4 3 8 (0.8%)
Cervix 2 2 0 3 7 (0.7%)
Scrotum/testes 1 2 3 0 6 (0.6%)
Gastrointestinal, minor; breast;
ear, minor
0 1 1 2 4 (0.4%)
* See appendix 25 261 for surgical procedure categorisation and summary groups
TABLE 21 The social class of the participants in the
adult study
Social class No. of British value
patients (%) 246
I 50 (4%) 5
II 144 (13%) 16
IIIN 139 (13%) 35
IIIM 130 (12%) 19
IV 105 (9%) 18
V 16 (1%) 6
Unemployed, student, 479 (45%) Not given
housewife