Table 1.

Postoperative pain after surgery

Variable	In hospital n = 196	At discharge n = 194	At 24 hours n = 179	At 1 week n = 174	At 6 weeks n = 170
Patients with ocular pain*	67 (34%)	53 (27%)	18 (10%)	15 (9%)	12 (7%)
NRS pain score ≥4/10*	18 (9%)	9 (5%)	13 (7%)	8 (5%)	6 (4%)
Current pain, for those in pain	2.8 (1.9)	2.1 (1–4)	3.9 (1.5)	3.1 (1.7)	3.5 (1.8)
(NRS 0–10)§	2 [1–7]	2 [1–6]	4 [2–6]	4 [1–6]	4 [1–6]
Average pain during the last 24 hours			4.3 (1.7)	3.5 (2.2)	3.3 (1.6)
(NRS 0–10)			4 [2–7]	3 [1–8]	3 [1–6]
Most pain during the last 24 hours			4.9 (1.5)	4.1 (2.6)	4.3 (2.1)
(NRS 0–10)			5 [2–7]	4 [1–10]	4 [2–8]

Notes: The numeric rating scale (NRS) was scored 0–10, where 0 = no pain and 10 = most pain. Data are expressed as *number of patients (%), §mean (SD) and median [range].