Table 2.
Average pain scores assessed by a specialized pain care provider in patients treated with and without an enhanced recovery pathway (ERP).
| Postoperative day (POD) | ERP-treated patients (n=29), mean (SD) |
Non-ERP-treated patients (controls; n=93), mean (SD) |
P value | |
| POD 1 | ||||
| At rest | 1.26 (1.43) | 1.24 (1.40) | .94 | |
| During exercise | 2.58 (1.77) | 2.84 (1.60) | .50 | |
| POD 2 | ||||
| At rest | 1.08 (1.38) | 1.41 (1.62) | .36 | |
| During exercise | 2.48 (1.66) | 3.24 (1.70) | .05a | |
| POD 3 | ||||
| At rest | 1.58 (2.15) | 1.16 (1.16) | .37 | |
| During exercise | 3.14 (1.98) | 2.66 (1.40) | .19 | |
| POD 4 | ||||
| At rest | 1.73 (1.76) | 1.29 (1.74) | .26 | |
| During exercise | 3.71 (2.16) | 2.70 (1.79) | .02a | |
| POD 5 | ||||
| At rest | 1.52 (1.87) | 1.00 (1.59) | .16 | |
| During exercise | 2.84 (1.70) | 2.23 (1.69) | .12 | |
aSignificant at P<.05.