TABLE 2.
Pain and HRQOL outcomes at baseline (N=915) and 1 month (N=563) after hospital discharge by surgical category
| SURGICAL CATEGORY | N | TOTAL HRQOL
|
PAIN INTENSITY+
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASELINE | 1 MONTH | BASELINE | 1 MONTH | ||
| General surgery | 339 | 78.1 (16.4) | 83.1 (14.3) | 0.3 (0.9) | 0.6 (1.5) |
| Orthopedics | 194 | 84.6 (14.7) | 89.8 (13.4) | 5.6 (3.5) | 0.7 (1.5) |
| Otolaryngology | 144 | 74.6 (17.2) | 77.2 (18.9) | 4.1 (3.5) | 1.2 (2.0) |
| Neurosurgery | 95 | 84.6 (14.3) | 82.7 (15.3) | 1.4 (2.8) | 0.5 (1.3) |
| Plastic surgery | 62 | 78.4 (17.5) | 75.8 (19.3) | 3.0 (3.5) | 1.0 (1.6) |
| Cardiac surgery | 27 | 84.5 (13.6) | 88.7 (14.6) | 2.4 (3.3) | 0.9 (2.1) |
| Urology | 28 | 84.5 (11.1) | 89.7 (13.6) | 0.7 (2.0) | 0.5 (1.3) |
| Oral surgery | 26 | 79.9 (15.0) | 86.1 (13.6) | 3.0 (3.6) | 0.7 (1.0) |
|
| |||||
| Total | 915 | 81.9 (15.7) | 84.8 (16.8) | 3.7 (3.7) | 0.8 (1.7) |
Values are M (SD).
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Numeric rating scale 0–10