Does pain take holidays? Non-attendance rates at a hospital-based pain clinic are elevated during the Jewish high-holidays

Table 2 Non-Attendance Rates Summary Table

Measure	Level	Holidays				Control				Combined Periods				Non-attendance rate by period	Non-attendance rate by factor
		Arrived		Did not Arrive		Arrived		Did not Arrive		Arrived		Did not Arrive		Non-attendance rate by period	Non-attendance rate by factor
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	p-value*	p-value**
Period		168	68.0%	79	32.0%	318	75.9%	101	24.1%	486	73.0%	180	27.0%	0.030	-
Age Group	18–44	27	67.5%	13	32.5%	48	67.6%	23	32.4%	75	67.6%	36	32.4%	1.000	<0.001
	45–64	53	55.8%	42	44.2%	107	69.5%	47	30.5%	160	64.3%	89	35.7%	0.030
	65+	88	80.0%	22	20.0%	163	84.9%	29	15.1%	251	83.1%	51	16.9%	0.338
Gender	Male	81	71.1%	33	28.9%	130	71.4%	52	28.6%	211	71.3%	85	28.7%	1.000	0.382
Gender	Female	87	65.4%	46	34.6%	188	79.3%	49	20.7%	275	74.3%	95	25.7%	0.004	0.382
Repeated Visit	No	68	63.6%	39	36.4%	117	63.9%	66	36.1%	185	63.8%	105	36.2%	1.000	<0.001
Repeated Visit	Yes	100	71.4%	40	28.6%	201	85.2%	35	14.8%	301	80.1%	75	19.9%	0.002	<0.001

*p-value for the comparison between the Holiday and Control periods for each patient group
**p-value for the comparison between patient groups for non-attendance rate in the combined study periods

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