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Table 3.

Magnitude of POP at the 2nd post-operative hour, 12hr and 24hr of the study participants (N = 265).

Variables	Category	Frequency (%)	at 2hr(n = 183)			At 12hr(n = 196)			At 24hr (n = 204)
Variables	Category	Frequency (%)	mild	moderate	severe	mild	moderate	severe	mild	moderate	severe
Age(year)	18–45	198(74.7)	45	34	29	20	41	68	28	39	63
Age(year)	≥46	67(25.3)	55	9	11	16	23	28	31	30	13
Urgency of surgery	Emergency	150(56.6)	40	23	19	16	34	50	30	39	50
Urgency of surgery	Elective	115(43.3)	60	20	21	20	30	46	29	30	26
Preoperative pain	Yes	238(89.8)	73	30	26	22	50	76	40	51	56
Preoperative pain	no	27(10.2)	27	13	14	14	14	20	19	18	20
Type of anesthesia	General anesthesia	190(71.4)	82	21	15	19	32	44	27	39	42
Type of anesthesia	Spinal anesthesia	75(28.4)	18	19	25	17	32	52	32	30	34
preoperative analgesia	Yes	192(72.5)	35	27	15	13	30	51	36	30	25
preoperative analgesia	No	73(27.5)	65	16	25	23	34	45	23	39	51
Induction agents	Ketamine	84(31.7)	20	8	10	6	18	26	9	20	14
	Propofol	104(39.2)	38	15	12	15	12	20	20	15	26
	Thiopental	65(24.4)	32	13	10	10	30	44	19	23	30
	Others	12(4.5)	10	7	8	5	4	6	11	11	6
Patient maintenance	Inhalational	145(54.7)	34	13	10	10	34	42	29	29	28
	Inhalational + opioid	40(15.1)	38	15	16	18	15	20	14	15	26
	ketamine	80(30.2)	28	15	14	8	15	34	16	25	22
Intraoperative analgesia	Diclofenac	184(69.4)	12	6	10	10	16	20	18	19	16
	Pethidine	25(9.4)	8	6	6	6	14	20	12	19	18
	Tramadol	53(20)	31	8	10	8	12	43	10	11	22
	None	3(1.2)	49	23	14	12	22	13	19	20	20
Surgical duration	<2hr	97(36.6)	28	20	17	11	28	34	32	28	33
Surgical duration	≥2hr	168(63.4)	72	23	23	25	36	65	27	41	43
Anesthesia duration	<2 h	90(34)	67	21	24	19	32	57	27	34	42
Anesthesia duration	≥2 h	175(66)	33	22	16	17	32	39	32	35	34
Type of surgery	Intra-abdominal	77(29)	43	13	9	8	24	34	16	21	26
	Head &neck	20(7.5)	10	8	5	8	8	16	8	13	8
	Gynecology & obstetric	86(32.5)	17	6	10	6	8	20	16	17	14
	Urogenital	16(6)	8	5	5	4	10	6	5	6	10
	Orthopedic	66(25)	22	13	11	10	14	20	12	12	18
Experience of surgeon	<4years	155(58.5)	68	23	18	20	44	56	49	36	51
Experience of surgeon	≥4years	110(41.5)	32	20	12	16	20	40	10	33	25
Length of skin incision	<10 cm	111(41.9)	42	10	12	10	20	46	20	17	16
Length of skin incision	≥10 cm	154(58.1)	58	33	18	26	44	50	39	52	60
Post-operative analgesia	Yes	218(82.3)	65	25	18	28	50	80	37	40	44
Post-operative analgesia	No	47(17.7)	35	18	16	8	14	16	22	29	34