Table 2 Sample demographics

Age* mean (SD)

47.4 (11.3)

42.8 (8.4)

49.1 (12.5)

48.0 (11.3)

0.074

Sex*n(%)

Female

120 (68.2%)

10 (38.5%)

9 (25.0%)

101 (88.6%)

Male

55 (31.3%)

16 (61.5%)

27 (75.0%)

12 (10.5%)

< 0.001

Prefer not to answer

1 (0.6%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.9%)

Sectorn(%)

Public

130 (73.0%)

22 (84.6%)

27 (75.0%)

81 (69.8%)

0.303

Private

48 (27.0%)

4 (15.4%)

9 (25.0%)

35 (30.2%)

Location*n(%)

Victoria

48 (27.7%)

4 (15.4%)

13 (37.1%)

31 (27.7%)

New South Wales

47 (27.2%)

8 (30.8%)

5 (14.3%)

34 (30.4%)

Queensland

38 (22.0%)

7 (26.9%)

6 (17.1%)

25 (22.3%)

Western Australia

16 (9.2%)

4 (15.4%)

4 (11.4%)

8 (7.1%)

0.438

South Australia

15 (8.7%)

3 (11.5%)

3 (8.6%)

9 (8.0%)

Australian Capital Territory

4 (2.3%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (5.7%)

2 (1.8%)

Tasmania

3 (1.7%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (2.9%)

2 (1.8%)

Northern Territory

2 (1.2%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (2.9%)

1 (0.9%)

Type of ORs at facilityn(%)

Inpatient surgery

161 (90.4%)

23 (88.5%)

35 (97.2%)

103 (88.8%)

0.324

Adult surgery

158 (88.8%)

23 (88.5%)

27 (75.0%)

108 (93.1%)

0.011

Outpatient surgery

107 (60.1%)

17 (65.4%)

23 (63.9%)

67 (57.8%)

0.690

Paediatric surgery

94 (52.8%)

14 (53.8%)

9 (25.0%)

71 (61.2%)

< 0.001

Departmentn(%)

NA

Anaesthesia 25 (96.2%)

Surgery 36 (100%)

Perioperative 99 (85.3%)

NA

Surgery 1 (3.8%)

Surgical ward/unit 17 (14.7%)

Surgeon/Anaesthetist specialty*n%

NA

Generalist 9 (69.2%)

Colorectal 5 (33.3%)

NA

NA

Cardiac 3 (23.1%)

Urology 3 (20.0%)

Upper GI 1 (7.7%)

General Surgery 2 (13.3%)

Orthopaedic 2 (13.3%)

OG 1 (6.7%)

Thoracic 1 (6.7%)

Plastics 1 (6.7%)

Surgical team/service*n(%)

General Surgery

131 (73.6%)

24 (92.3%)

16 (44.4%)

91 (78.4%)

< 0.001

Orthopaedics

102 (57.3%)

20 (76.9%)

5 (13.9%)

77 (66.4%)

< 0.001

Plastics

89 (50.0%)

18 (69.2%)

5 (13.9%)

66 (56.9%)

< 0.001

Urology

89 (50.0%)

19 (73.1%)

6 (16.7%)

64 (55.2%)

< 0.001

Gynaecology

87 (48.9%)

14 (53.8%)

2 (5.6%)

71 (61.2%)

< 0.001

Ears Nose Throat

78 (43.8%)

16 (61.5%)

2 (5.6%)

60 (51.7%)

< 0.001

Ophthalmology

57 (32.0%)

4 (15.4%)

0 (0.0%)

53 (45.7%)

< 0.001

Dental/Oral Surgery

55 (30.9%)

6 (23.1%)

0 (0.0%)

49 (42.2%)

< 0.001

Trauma

51 (28.7%)

11 (42.3%)

4 (11.1%)

36 (31.0%)

0.17

Vascular

50 (28.1%)

13 (50.0%)

2 (5.6%)

35 (30.2%)

< 0.001

Thoracic

31 (17.4%)

6 (23.1%)

1 (2.8%)

24 (20.7%)

0.019

Neurosurgery

27 (15.2%)

10 (38.5%)

0 (0.0%)

17 (14.7%)

< 0.001

Cardiac

16 (9.0%)

3 (11.5%)

0 (0.0%)

13 (11.2%)

0.071

Transplant

10 (5.6%)

3 (11.5%)

0 (0.0%)

7 (6.0%)

0.106

Burns

8 (4.5%)

2 (7.7%)

0 (0.0%)

6 (5.2%)

0.250

Other

25 (14.0%)

5 (19.2%)

2 (5.6%)

18 (15.5%)

0.204

Role*n(%)

NA

Consultant Anaesthetist

Consultant Surgeon 16 (44.4%)

Perioperative

C/I RN; surgical assistant 35 (35.7%)

NA

20 (76.9%)

Registrar Surgeon

Anaesthetics; PACU RN 24 (24.5%)

Registrar Anaesthetist

6 (16.7%)

NUM 15 (15.3%)

4 (15.4%)

Surgical Fellow

NE 10 (10.2%)

Anaesthetic Fellow

2 (5.6%)

CNC 3 (3.1%)

1 (3.8%)

Unspecified

CN 2 (2.0%)

Unspecified 1 (3.8%)

12 (33.3%)

DON; ADON 2 (2.0%)

RN 2 (2.0%)

ERAS® coordinator 1 (1.0%)

Multi-role (C/I, anaesthetics, PACU, day surgery and/or surgical ward) 4 (4.1%)

Surgical ward/unit

RN 15 (88.2%)

NE 1 (5.9%)

NUM 1 (5.9%)

Years in current role* median (range)

10 (0.5–54)

7.5 (1–35)

13 (1–40)

9 (0.5–54)

0.183

I have participated in the care of a patient who was on an ERAS protocol*n(%)

104 (58.8%)

26 (100%)

30 (83.3%)

48 (41.7%)

< 0.001