Research Article
Self-Reported Complications after Tonsillectomy: Comparison of Responders and Nonresponders to a Mailed Questionnaire
Table 3
Use of pain medication and time normal diet was resumed for mail and telephone respondents by age group.
| | | Total sample | Mail responders | Telephone responders | Value |
| | Duration of pain medication use, n (%) | | | | | | Pediatric sample | (n = 459) | (n = 341) | (n = 118) | 0.821 | | ≤1 week | 241 (52.5%) | 177 (51.9%) | 64 (54.2%) | | | >1 and ≤2 weeks | 202 (44.0%) | 154 (45.2%) | 48 (40.7%) | | | >2 weeks | 16 (3.5%) | 10 (2.9%) | 6 (5.1%) | | | Adult sample | (n = 307) | (n = 186) | (n = 121) | 0.578 | | ≤1 week | 78 (25.4%) | 50 (26.9%) | 28 (23.1%) | | | >1 and ≤2 weeks | 186 (60.6%) | 110 (59.1%) | 76 (62.8%) | | | >2 weeks | 43 (14.0%) | 26 (14.0%) | 17 (14.0%) | |
| | Time until normal diet was resumed, n (%) | | | | | | Pediatric sample | (n = 452) | (n = 344) | (n = 118) | 0.556 | | ≤1 week | 262 (58.0%) | 194 (58.1%) | 68 (57.6%) | | | >1 and ≤2 weeks | 162 (35.8%) | 125 (37.4%) | 37 (31.4%) | | | >2 weeks | 28 (6.2%) | 15 (4.5%) | 13 (11.0%) | | | Adult sample | (n = 303) | (n = 181) | (n = 122) | 0.090 | | ≤1 week | 116 (38.3%) | 77 (42.5%) | 39 (32.0%) | | | >1 and ≤2 weeks | 133 (43.9%) | 74 (40.9%) | 59 (48.4%) | | | >2 weeks | 54 (17.8%) | 30 (16.6%) | 24 (19.7%) | |
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Sample sizes are slightly reduced due to missing data for these items. |
