The Generalizability of Patients’ Preferences and Concerns regarding Anesthesia Care for Cesarean Delivery: A Prospective Survey
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of respondents from the University of Chicago Medicine compared to those from the previous Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford study.
UCM n = 73
LPCH n = 82
value
Age (years)
30 ± 6
33 ± 4
0.0001
Marital status
Married
29 (40)
76 (93)
<0.0001
Unmarried
44 (60)
5 (7)
Ethnicity
African-American
49 (67)
1 (1)
<0.0001
Hispanic
12 (16)
13 (16)
Caucasian
7 (10)
58 (71)
Others
5 (7)
8 (10)
Years of schooling
Some college/high school (<16 yrs)
51 (70)
11 (13)
<0.0001
Bachelor’s degree (16 yrs)
11 (15)
26 (32)
Graduate degree (>16 yrs)
11 (15)
45 (55)
Household income
<$20,000
22 (30)
0 (0)
0.33
$20–50,000
25 (34)
3 (4)
$50–100,000
15 (21)
15 (18)
$100–200,000
8 (11)
39 (48)
>$200,000
3 (4)
21 (26)
Healthcare professional
9 [12]
10 (12)
1.0
Previous surgery requiring anesthesia
52 (71)
63 (77)
0.54
Previous cesarean delivery
50 (68)
15 (18)
<0.0001
Previous epidural or spinal anesthesia
41 (56)
21 (26)
0.0002
UCM: University of Chicago Medicine; LPCH: Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford. Data presented as mean ± standard deviation or number (percentage). Carvalho B, Cohen SE, Lipman SS, Fuller A, Mathusamy AD, and Macario A. Patient preferences for anesthesia outcomes associated with cesarean delivery. Anesth Analg. 2005; 101 (4): 1182–1187.
