TABLE 3.

Brief Pain Inventory scores on postoperative day 3

	Usual care	Usual care + LAO	Difference (95% CI)	P*
Worst pain in past 24 h	6.47±2.72	5.56±3.06	0.91	0.0456
	(n=83)	(n=82)	(0.026 to 1.79)
Least pain in past 24 h	2.02±2.23	1.63±2.04	0.39	0.2393
	(n=83)	(n=81)	(−0.26 to 1.04)
Average pain in past 24 h	3.93±2.12	3.34±2.36	0.59	0.0984
	(n=81)	(n=81)	(−0.10 to 1.28)
Pain right now	2.66±2.52	2.44±2.57	0.22	0.5868
	(n=80)	(n=79)	(−0.57 to 0.59)

Data presented as mean ± SD unless otherwise specified.

^*For a difference of 2. LAO Long-acting opioid