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Table 3 Previous access

From: The vascular access questionnaire: a single centre UK experience

 

Total

 

VAQ Score

p-Value

N

N (%)

Mean

Median (IQR)

Any Previous Access**

749

   

<0.001

No

 

601 (80.2%)

5.0

3 (1–7)

 

Yes

 

148 (19.8%)

7.8

6 (2–12)

 

Previous CVC**

749

   

<0.001

No

 

644 (86.0%)

5.2

3 (1–7)

 

Yes

 

105 (14.0%)

7.9

6 (3–12)

 

Previous Fistula**

749

   

0.903

No

 

712 (95.1%)

5.5

4 (1–8)

 

Yes

 

37 (4.9%)

6.9

4 (1–7)

 

Previous Graft**

749

   

0.194

No

 

737 (98.4%)

5.5

4 (1–8)

 

Yes

 

12 (1.6%)

8.3

7 (2–13)

 

Number of Previous CVC

748

   

<0.001*

0

 

244 (32.6%)

4.7

3 (1–7)

 

1 to 5

 

437 (58.4%)

5.4

4 (1–8)

 

6 to 10

 

47 (6.3%)

9.6

7 (3–14)

 

>10

 

20 (2.7%)

9.8

8 (3–18)

 

Radiological Intervention

On Graft/Fistula***

575

   

<0.001

No

 

428 (74.4%)

4.6

3 (1–7)

 

Yes

 

147 (25.6%)

7.0

5 (2–10)

 

On CVC***

175

   

0.760

No

 

139 (79.4%)

6.5

5 (2–9)

 

Yes

 

36 (20.6%)

7.6

6 (1–11)

 
  1. p-Values are from Mann-Whitney or Kruskal-Wallis tests, unless stated otherwise, and bold p-values are significant at p < 0.05
  2. *p-Value from Spearman’s rho, as the factor is ordinal
  3. **Previous access in the year prior to questioning. Categories are not mutually exclusive – respondents were asked to tick all that applied
  4. ***In the last year, in those patients who had been treated with the stated access type