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Table 5 Primary variables and participant characteristics grouped by number of operating theaters

From: Perioperative temperature management: a survey of 6 Asia–Pacific countries

Variable

Number of operating theaters

p-value

Odds ratio

95% C.I. for OR

 < 5

5–10

11–20

 > 20

  

Lower

Upper

Primary variables

 Measure temperature preoperatively

90 (40.7%)

142 (43.7%)

181 (48.9%)

118 (49.6%)

0.023

1.141

1.018

1.279

 Perform prewarming

38 (17.2%)

62 (19.1%)

113 (30.5%)

66 (27.7%)

 < 0.001

1.293

1.130

1.480

 Measure temperature intraoperatively during general anesthesia (n = 1137)

94 (43.7%)

174 (54.4%)

303 (82.6%)

196 (83.4%)

 < 0.001

2.130

1.856

2.444

 Perform intraoperative active warming

58 (26.2%)

122 (37.5%)

197 (53.2%)

131 (55.0%)

 < 0.001

1.550

1.375

1.746

 Measure temperature postoperatively

194 (87.8%)

255 (78.5%)

295 (79.7%)

209 (87.8%)

0.828

1.017

0.876

1.180

 Perform postoperative active warming

70 (31.7%)

135 (42.5%)

181 (48.9%)

100 (42.0%)

0.005

1.178

1.012

1.370

Participant characteristics

 Active warming devices always available for use in the operating room

147 (66.5%)

269 (82.8%)

348 (94.1%)

215 (90.3%)

 < 0.001

1.999

1.679

2.380

 Temperature measurement devices always available for use in the operating room

184 (83.3%)

294 (90.5%)

351 (94.9%)

221 (92.9%)

 < 0.001

1.516

1.236

1.860

 “Rarely to never” financially restricted in temperature management equipment (n = 1052)

184 (83.3%)

294 (90.5%)

351 (94.9%)

221 (92.9%)

 < 0.001

1.337

1.180

1.515

 Presence of hospital training courses (n = 1052)

30 (16.3%)

64 (22.3%)

110 (31.1%)

77 (33.9%)

 < 0.001

1.389

1.208

1.598

 Presence of hospital standard operating procedure (SOP) (n = 1052)

23 (12.5%)

59 (20.6%)

88 (24.9%)

58 (25.6%)

0.001

1.292

1.113

1.499

  1. n = 1154 for all variables unless otherwise stated