Long-Term Satisfaction of Oral Sedation versus Standard-of-Care Intravenous Sedation for Ocular Surgery

Figures & data

Table 1 Comparison of Patient Demographics Between Included and Excluded Patients

Parameter	Included		Excluded		P-value
	N	%	N	%
Overall (n=283)	98	34.63	185	65.37
Age (years), mean ± SD	60.20±14.32		60.72±13.29		0.7607
Type of Sedation					0.4800
Oral	52	53.06	90	49.50
Intravenous	46	46.94	95	50.50
Sex					0.0456
Female	35	35.71	89	48.11
Male	63	64.29	96	51.89
Ethnicity					0.0391
Hispanic/Latino	43	43.88	62	33.51
Non-Hispanic/Latino	55	56.12	115	62.16
Declined	0	0	8	3.96
Race					<0.0001
Black or African American	40	40.82	71	38.38
White	20	20.41	40	21.62
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	2.04	1	0.54
Asian	0	0	2	1.08
American Indian and Alaska Native	0	0	1	0.54
Other	24	24.49	6	3.24
Declined	12	12.24	64	34.59
Language					0.0081
English	40	40.82	110	59.46
Spanish	42	42.86	57	30.81
Haitian-Creole	14	14.29	18	9.73
Portuguese	2	2.04	0	0
Type of Surgery					0.3969
Cataract	27	27.55	58	31.35
Retina	28	28.57	56	30.27
Cornea	30	30.61	40	21.62
Glaucoma	13	13.27	31	16.76

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.

Table 2 Comparison of Included Patient Demographics by Sedation Type

Parameter	Oral Triazolam		IV Midazolam		P-value
	N	%	N	%
Overall (n=98)	52	51.85	46	48.15
Age (years), mean ± SD	60.75±15.90		60.65±11.62		0.9726
Follow-Up Time (days), mean ± SD	1218±217		1263±193		0.2840
Sex					0.3049
Female	21	40.38	14	30.43
Male	31	59.62	32	69.57
Ethnicity					0.9603
Hispanic/Latino	24	46.15	21	45.65
Non-Hispanic/Latino	28	53.85	25	54.35
Declined	0	0	0	0
Race					0.9068
Black or African American	22	42.31	18	39.13
White	12	23.08	10	21.74
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1.92	1	2.17
Asian	0	0	0	0
American Indian and Alaska Native	0	0	0	0
Other	15	28.85	15	32.61
Declined	2	3.85	1	2.17
Language					0.6616
English	23	44.23	16	34.78
Spanish	22	42.31	20	43.48
Haitian-Creole	6	11.54	9	19.57
Portuguese	1	1.92	1	2.17
Type of Surgery					0.9195
Cataract	14	26.92	13	28.26
Retina	14	26.92	14	30.43
Cornea	16	30.77	14	30.43
Glaucoma	8	15.38	5	10.87

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.

Table 3 Longitudinal Patient Satisfaction (Paired Samples T-Test Results)

	Original MSS, Mean±SD (Range)	Follow-Up MSS, Mean±SD (Range)	Change in MSS Mean±SD (Range)	P-value
Oral Triazolam	5.25±0.80 (2.58–6.00)	5.23±0.90 (2.67–6.00)	−0.03±0.87 ((−2.17)-2.33)	0.8367
IV Midazolam	5.27±0.64 (3.42–6.00)	5.60±0.61 (3.83–6.00)	0.33±0.79 ((−1.75)-2.16)	0.0074

Abbreviations: MSS, mean satisfaction score; SD, standard deviation.