Table 1 Characteristics of the sample
Total sample | Preferred method of surgery | Preferred method for the radiological image assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Surgeon | Robot-assisted | Radiologist | AI | ||
Variables | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
Total | 1400 (100) | 638 (100) | 762 (100) | 930 (100) | 470 (100) |
Sex | p = 0.001a | p = 0.193a | |||
Men | 648 (46.3) | 263 (41.2) | 385 (50.5) | 419 (45.0) | 229 (48.7) |
Women | 752 (53.7) | 375 (58.8) | 377 (49.5) | 511 (55.0) | 241 (51.3) |
Age group, years | p = 0.101b | p < 0.001b | |||
40–44 | 190 (13.6) | 99 (15.5) | 91 (11.9) | 141 (15.2) | 49 (10.4) |
45–49 | 188 (13.4) | 88 (13.8) | 100 (13.2) | 134 (14.5) | 54 (11.5) |
50–54 | 163 (11.6) | 74 (11.6) | 89 (11.7) | 108 (11.6) | 55 (11.7) |
55–59 | 198 (14.1) | 95 (14.9) | 103 (13.5) | 133 (14.3) | 65 (13.9) |
60–64 | 227 (16.2) | 87 (13.6) | 140 (18.4) | 149 (16.0) | 78 (16.7) |
65–69 | 182 (13.0) | 83 (13.0) | 99 (13.0) | 117 (12.6) | 65 (13.8) |
70–74 | 127 (9.1) | 52 (8.2) | 75 (9.8) | 72 (7.7) | 55 (11.7) |
75+ | 125 (8.9) | 60 (9.4) | 65 (8.5) | 76 (8.2) | 49 (10.4) |
Education | p < 0.001b | p = 0.048b | |||
Primary | 410 (29.3) | 228 (35.7) | 182 (23.9) | 281 (30.2) | 129 (27.4) |
Secondary | 533 (38.1) | 244 (38.2) | 289 (37.9) | 364 (39.1) | 169 (36.0) |
Tertiary | 457 (32.6) | 166 (26.0) | 291 (38.2) | 285 (30.7) | 172 (36.6) |
Health education | p = 0.213a | p = 0.458a | |||
Yes | 103 (7.4) | 53 (8.3) | 50 (6.6) | 65 (7.0) | 38 (8.1) |
No | 1297 (92.6) | 585 (91.8) | 712 (93.4) | 865 (93.0) | 432 (91.9) |
Settlement type | p = 0.020b | p = 0.357b | |||
Capital | 315 (22.5) | 131 (20.5) | 184 (24.1) | 207 (22.3) | 108 (23.0) |
Town | 749 (53.5) | 337 (52.8) | 412 (54.1) | 491 (52.8) | 258 (54.9) |
Village | 336 (24.0) | 170 (26.7) | 166 (21.8) | 232 (24.9) | 104 (22.1) |
Married/having a partner | p = 0.928a | p = 0.141a | |||
Yes | 854 (61.0) | 390 (61.1) | 464 (60.9) | 580 (62.4) | 274 (58.3) |
No | 546 (39.0) | 248 (38.9) | 298 (39.1) | 350 (37.6) | 196 (41.7) |
Living with someone in the household | p = 0.540a | p = 0.525a | |||
Yes | 1064 (76.0) | 480 (75.2) | 584 (76.6) | 702 (75.5) | 362 (77.0) |
No | 336 (24.0) | 158 (24.8) | 178 (23.4) | 228 (24.5) | 108 (23.0) |
Paid work (missing = 30) | p = 0.451a | p = 0.471a | |||
Yes | 1287 (91.9) | 581 (91.1) | 706 (92.7) | 856 (92.0) | 431 (91.7) |
No | 83 (5.9) | 41 (6.4) | 42 (5.5) | 52 (5.6) | 31 (6.6) |
Household income categoryd(missing = 217) | p = 0.001b | p = 0.063b | |||
1st quintile | 261 (18.6) | 144 (22.6) | 117 (15.4) | 180 (19.4) | 81 (17.2) |
2nd quintile | 224 (16.0) | 107 (16.8) | 117 (15.4) | 143 (15.4) | 81 (17.2) |
3rd quintile | 237 (16.9) | 102 (16.0) | 135 (17.7) | 171 (18.4) | 66 (14.0) |
4th quintile | 201 (14.4) | 84 (13.2) | 117 (15.4) | 126 (13.6) | 75 (16.0) |
5th quintile | 260 (18.6) | 98 (15.4) | 162 (21.4) | 158 (17.0) | 102 (21.7) |
Any implant ever | p = 0.237a | p = 0.008a | |||
Yes | 584 (41.7) | 277 (43.4) | 307 (40.3) | 365 (39.3) | 219 (46.6) |
No | 816 (58.3) | 361 (56.6) | 455 (59.7) | 565 (60.7) | 251 (53.4) |
eHEALS score; mean (SD) | p = 0.003c | p = 0.010c | |||
28.1 (5.8) | 27.6 (6.0) | 28.5 (5.5) | 27.8 (5.7) | 28.6 (5.5) | |
EQ-5D-5 L index score; mean (SD) | p = 0.070c | p = 0.372c | |||
0.83 (0.26) | 0.82 (0.28)) | 0.84 (0.25) | 0.83 (0.27) | 0.84 (0.25) | |
EQ VAS; mean (SD) | p = 0.060c | p = 0.699c | |||
75.1 (19.9) | 74.0 (20.5) | 76.0 (19.3) | 74.9 (20.3) | 75.4 (19.1) | |