Table 1 Characteristics of the sample (N = 8622)
Characteristics | Number of entries (%) |
|---|---|
Type of data collection | |
  Paper based | 6312 (73.21%) |
  Electronic | 2310 (26.79%) |
Checklist language | |
  German | 4989 (57.86%) |
  French | 1237 (14.35%) |
  Italian | 2396 (27.79%) |
Day of the week | |
  Monday-Friday | 8075 (93.66%) |
  Saturday/Sunday | 547 (6.34%) |
Time of day | (missing data: n = 24) |
  Day | 7410 (85.94%) |
  Night1 | 1188 (13.78%) |
Urgency of the procedure | |
  Elective | 6958 (80.70%) |
  Urgent | 1664 (19.30%) |
Population2 | |
  Adults | 7793 (90.39%) |
  Children | 829 (9.61%) |
Surgical discipline | (missing data: n = 10) |
  General/visceral | 2177 (25.25%) |
  Orthopedics/traumatology | 2826 (32.78%) |
  Gynecology/obstetrics | 1210 (14.03%) |
  Urology | 682 (7.91%) |
  Neurology | 368 (4.27%) |
  Ophthalmology | 350 (4.06) |
  Other | 999 (11.59%) |
Type of anesthesia | (missing data: n = 16) |
  General | 6204 (71.96%) |
  Regional | 1756 (20.37%) |
  Local | 492 (5.71%) |
  Other | 154 (1.79%) |