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Table 7 Serious adverse events

From: Impact of preoperative patient education on the prevention of postoperative complications after major visceral surgery: the cluster randomized controlled PEDUCAT trial

 

Patient education + information brochure (n = 138)

Information brochure only (n = 106)

P value

Occurrence of SAE

13 (9.4%)

10 (9.4%)

0.997*

Severity

  

0.772*

 Grade IV*

11 (84.6%)

8 (80.0%)

 

 Grade V*

2 (15.4%)

2 (20.0%)

 

Causality

  

Not applicable

 Unrelated

13 (100%)

10 (100%)

 

 Possibly related

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

 Definitely related

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

Outcome

  

0.361*

 Recovered completely

3 (23.1%)

3 (30.0%)

 

 Recovered with sequelae

4 (30.8%)

2 (20.0%)

 

 Death

2 (15.4%)

2 (20.0%)

 

 Unknown

1 (7.7%)

3 (30.0%)

 

 Ongoing

3 (23.1%)

0 (0%)

 
  1. Data are numbers of patients (with percentages)
  2. SAE serious adverse events
  3. *χ2 test