Characteristics associated with advocating for immediate versus delayed surgery for patients with hip fracture receiving warfarin or a DOAC
| Characteristic | Warfarin; no. (%) of respondents | DOAC; no. (%) of respondents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immediate surgery | Delayed surgery | p value | Immediate surgery | Delayed surgery | p value | |
| Level of expertise | 0.1 | 0.6 | ||||
| Early career | 38 (52.8) | 34 (47.2) | 19 (26.4) | 53 (73.6) | ||
| Mid-career | 23 (35.4) | 42 (64.6) | 13 (17.6) | 61 (82.4) | ||
| Late career | 59 (46.8) | 67 (53.2) | 27 (23.1)* | 89 (76.1)* | ||
| Fellowship training | 0.1 | 0.6 | ||||
| Orthopedic trauma | 53 (56.4) | 41 (43.6) | 29 (30.8)* | 64 (68.1)* | ||
| Arthroplasty | 30 (46.9) | 34 (53.1) | 12 (18.8) | 52 (81.2) | ||
| Other | 28 (40.6) | 41 (59.4) | 14 (20.3) | 55 (79.7) | ||
| COTS membership | < 0.001 | 0.04 | ||||
| Member | 42 (63.6) | 24 (36.4) | 21 (31.8)* | 44 (66.7)* | ||
| Nonmember | 79 (38.7) | 125 (61.3) | 40 (19.6) | 164 (80.4) | ||
COTS = Canadian Orthopaedic Trauma Society; DOAC = direct oral anticoagulant.
↵* One respondent indicated “other.”