TABLE 5.

Reported pain scores according to surgical day care unit nurses at discharge and by parents at 24 h and 48 h postdischarge (n=225)

Pain rating	SDCU nurses on discharge	Parents
		at 24 h	at 48 h
Pain free	212 (95.5)	115 (51.1)	159 (70.7)
Mild pain	8 (3.6)	70 (31.1)*	44 (19.6)
Significant pain	0 (0.0)	39 (17.3)*	20 (8.9)
Total, n	220†	224†	223†

Data presented as n (%) unless otherwise indicated.

^*P<0.01 compared with pain rating on discharge (Kruskal-Wallis test).

^†Excludes missing and ‘not sure’ responses. Percentages are calculated with n=225. SDCU Surgical day care unit