Table 2.

Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Education and Association with Preparedness to Manage Pain

	Not Prepared		Prepared
	n	%	n	%
Pre-operative education					p=0.01
No	10	31%	22	69 %
Yes	9	11%	70	89%
Post-operative education					p=0.30
No	4	27%	11	73%
Yes	15	16%	82	85%
Both					p=0.01
No	12	31%	27	69%
Yes	7	10%	65	90%

Footnote: Reported p-values are from Chi² test comparing the percent of patients prepared to manage their pain between the group that received the type of education indicated versus those who did not. Groups are not mutually exclusive (i.e. patients that received both pre- and post-operative education are in the “Yes” group for pre-operative, post-operative, and both).