Skip to main content

Table 3 Influence of vaccination on behaviors in GK decision during the pandemic period

From: Influence of COVID-19 pandemic on the decision making of patients in undergoing gamma knife radiosurgery

 

No (n = 185)

Yes (n = 148)

p value

Mean

 ± SD

Mean

 ± SD

Age (years)

56.4

 ± 14.9

56.6

 ± 15.0

0.958

Sex-Male (n, %)

89

(48.1%)

47

(31.7%)

0.004

Neurological deficits (n,%)

121

(65.4%)

86

(58.1%)

0.211

Malignance (n,%)

64

(34.6%)

49

(33.1%)

0.866

Total TV (cc) (n = 538)

40.6

 ± 507.9

3.7

 ± 4.6

0.318

Peripheral dose (GY)

16.1

 ± 5.9

15.8

 ± 5.7

0.086

Number of lesions

1.5

 ± 1.3

1.4

 ± 1.1

0.506

KPS

83.9

 ± 7.3

84.7

 ± 8.4

0.287

ECOG

0.7

 ± 0.7

0.7

 ± 0.7

0.377

Charlson comorbidity index

4.6

 ± 3.2

3.1

 ± 3.1

 < 0.001

Time from diagnosis to GK treatment (days)

54.5

 ± 27.6

29.6

 ± 10.9

 < 0.001

Time from diagnosis to GK consultation (days)

36.8

 ± 25.5

12.2

 ± 7.1

 < 0.001

Duration of GK treatment (hours)

5.1

 ± 1.4

5.2

 ± 1.4

0.503

OPD frequency (time/year)

6.9

 ± 6.0

10.0

 ± 6.3

 < 0.001

MRI frequency (time/year)

1.0

 ± 1.0

2.3

 ± 1.0

 < 0.001

  1. Mann–Whitney test. Data were presented as mean ± standard deviation
  2. TV, KPS, ECOG, OPD, MRI, GK: see abbreviation in text