Bridging different realities - a qualitative study on patients’ experiences of preoperative care for benign hysterectomy and opportunistic salpingectomy in Sweden

Table 1 Background characteristics of participants

	Mean	Min - Max	n	%
Age (years)	47.9	40–53
Pregnancies (n)	2.9	0–7
Parity^a	2	0–4
Country of birth
Europe			19	90.5
Asia			2	9.5
Education level
University			11	52
High school			8	38
Compulsory school			2	10
Marital status
Married/ Cohabiting			17	81
Living apart			2	9.5
Single			2	9.5
Indication for surgery^b
Menorrhagia/Metrorrhagia			9	43
Fibroids			15	71
Pelvic pain			3	14
Pelvic pressure			6	29
Endometriosis			1	4.8
Fear of cancer			2	9.5

^aNumber of children
^bIndications according to the participants. The total percentage adds to > 100% due to combined indications

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