Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with returned questionnaire
From: Designing questionnaires: healthcare survey to compare two different response scales
|  | Total (n = 2957) | Length of hospital stay (n = 2957) | Admission (n = 2934) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Length of stay ≤ 4 days, n = 1482 (50%) | Length of stay > 4 days, n = 1475 (50%) | Emergency admission, n = 1072 (37%) | Elective admission, n = 1862 (63%) | ||
Age in years, mean (SD) | 60 (19) | 56 (19) | 63 (18) | 64 (19) | 57 (18) |
Gender, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Male | 1419 (48%) | 701 (47%) | 718 (49%) | 566 (53%) | 839 (45%) |
Female | 1538 (52%) | 781 (53%) | 757 (51%) | 506 (47%) | 1023 (55%) |
Length of hospital stay, median (IQR) | 4 (2 – 9) | 2 (1–3) | 9 (7 – 13) | 6 (2 – 11) | 4 (2–8) |
Hospitalisation, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Emergency | 1072 (36%) | 435 (29%) | 637 (43%) | Â | Â |
Elective | 1862 (63%) | 1042 (70%) | 820 (56%) | Â | Â |
Not defined | 23 (1%) | 5 (<1%) | 18 (1%) | Â | Â |
Length of Stay ≤ 4 Days | 1482 (50%) |  |  | 435 (41%) | 1042 (56%) |
Length of Stay > 4 Days | 1475 (50%) |  |  | 637 (59%) | 820 (44%) |
Department, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Surgery | 1178 (40%) | 422 (28%) | 756 (51%) | 413 (39%) | 744 (40%) |
Internal Medicine | 943 (32%) | 498 (34%) | 445 (30%) | 517 (48%) | 426 (23%) |
Gynaecology and Obstetrics | 442 (15%) | 281 (19%) | 161 (11%) | 26 (2%) | 415 (22%) |
Otorhinolaryngology | 109 (4%) | 91 (6%) | 18 (1%) | 15 (1%) | 93 (5%) |
Radiology | 80 (3%) | 80 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 80 (4%) |
Ophthalmology | 64 (2%) | 59 (4%) | 5 (<1%) | 12 (1%) | 52 (3%) |
Geriatric Medicine | 58 (2%) | 2 (<1%) | 56 (4%) | 52 (5%) | 6 (<1%) |
Intensive Care Unit | 46 (2%) | 42 (3%) | 4 (<1%) | 31 (3%) | 15 (1%) |
Dermatology and Venereology | 37 (1%) | 7 (<1%) | 30 (2%) | 6 (1%) | 31 (2%) |
Nationality, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Swiss | 2243 (76%) | 1067 (72%) | 1176 (80%) | 854 (80%) | 1373 (74%) |
German, Austrian, Liechtensteiner | 224 (8%) | 123 (8%) | 101 (7%) | 63 (6%) | 159 (9%) |
French | 35 (1%) | 22 (1%) | 13 (1%) | 7 (1%) | 28 (2%) |
Italian | 99 (3%) | 48 (3%) | 51 (3%) | 42 (4%) | 56 (3%) |
English, Irish | 11 (<1%) | 5 (<1%) | 6 (<1%) | 7 (1%) | 4 (<1%) |
Turkish | 61 (2%) | 36 (2%) | 25 (2%) | 18 (2%) | 42 (2%) |
European, other | 170 (6%) | 105 (7%) | 65 (4%) | 54 (5%) | 115 (6%) |
US-American, Canadian, Australian | 18 (1%) | 17 (1%) | 1 (<1%) | 4 (<1%) | 13 (1%) |
Extra-European, other | 55 (2%) | 34 (2%) | 21 (1%) | 20 (2%) | 35 (2%) |
Missing | 41 (1%) | 25 (2%) | 16 (1%) | 3 (<1%) | 37 (2%) |
Language, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
German | 2793 (94%) | 1382 (93%) | 1411 (96%) | 1024 (96%) | 1749 (94%) |
French | 45 (2%) | 27 (2%) | 18 (1%) | 9 (1%) | 36 (2%) |
Italian | 37 (1%) | 19 (1%) | 18 (1%) | 19 (2%) | 16 (1%) |
English | 30 (1%) | 24 (2%) | 6 (<1%) | 11 (1%) | 19 (1%) |
Turkish | 25 (1%) | 14 (1%) | 11 (1%) | 4 (<1%) | 20 (1%) |
Others | 27 (1%) | 16 (1%) | 11 (1%) | 5 (<1%) | 22 (1%) |