Telling the truth to patients before hip fracture surgery

BMC Medical Ethics

Table 1 Sociodemographic details of the research population (N = 150)

		n	%	M	SD
Gender	Male	120	80%
Gender	Female	30	20%
Marital status	Single	25	16.8%
	Married	109	73.2%
	Divorced	11	7.4%
	Separated	2	1.3%
	Widowed	2	1.3%
Number of children				2	1.1
Sector	Jewish	103	68.7%
Sector	Arab	47	31.3%
Religiosity	Secular	92	61.3%
	Traditional	49	32.7%
	Religious	7	4.7%
	Ultra-orthodox	2	1.3%
Location of medical studies	Israel	93	62%
Location of medical studies	Abroad	57	38%
Level of specialization	Expert	104	69.3%
Level of specialization	Resident	46	30.7%
Length of experience				14.56	9.4
Training on informed consent		108	72%
Number of hip fracture surgeries performed in the past year				31.12	3.07

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