Table 6. Median and range scores of unidimensional and multidimensional scales for feline pain assessment before and after the administration of analgesics.
| Scales | OrthG | SoftG | ClinG | SG + ClinG | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | pvalue | Before | After | pvalue | Before | After | pvalue | Before | After | pvalue | |
| UFEPS | 10 (3–14) | 6 (0–10)* | <0.01 | 10 (4–17) | 6 (2–14)* | <0.01 | 10 (2–18) | 7 (1-14)* | <0.01 | 10 (2–18) | 6 (0–14)* | <0.01 |
| UFEPS-SF | 5 (1–9) | 2 (0–9)* | <0.01 | 6 (2–9) | 3 (1–8)* | <0.01 | 5 (2–8) | 3 (0–8)* | <0.01 | 5 (1–9) | 3 (0–9)* | <0.01 |
| Glasgow CMPS-Feline | 7 (2–11) | 3 (0–7)* | <0.01 | 9 (3–15) | 4 (0–6)* | <0.01 | 7 (2–14) | 4 (0–9)* | <0.01 | 7 (2–15) | 4 (0–9)* | <0.01 |
| VAS | 48 (12–96) | 28 (7–65)* | <0.01 | 71 (2–97) | 46 (2–58)* | <0.01 | 56 (15–95) | 26 (2–78)* | <0.01 | 55 (2–97) | 27 (1–78)* | <0.01 |
| SDS | 3 (1–4) | 2 (1–3)* | <0.01 | 3 (1–4) | 2 (1–3)* | <0.01 | 3 (1–4) | 2 (1–3)* | <0.01 | 3 (1–4) | 2 (1–3)* | <0.01 |
| NS | 5 (1–10) | 3 (1–6)* | <0.01 | 7 (1–10) | 4 (1–7)* | <0.01 | 6 (1–9) | 3 (1–7)* | <0.01 | 6 (1–10) | 3 (1–7)* | <0.01 |
Notes.
Database: Only one-time point before and one-time point after rescue analgesia of cats that received analgesia were selected from SG (SG, surgery; OrthG, orthopedic, n = 11 and SoftG, soft tissue surgeries, n = 5), and those that did not receive sedation from ClinG were included (clinical, n = 13) (3 evaluators × 29-time points = 87). Scales: NS, numeric; SDS, simple descriptive; VAS, visual analog; UFEPS-SF, short version of the UFEPS; UFEPS, UNESP-Botucatu multidimensional feline pain assessment scale; Glasgow CMPS-Feline, Glasgow feline multidimensional pain scale
*
Significant difference compared to before analgesia according to Wilcoxon test (p < 0.05).