Table 3 Comparison of clinical variables between patients with and without pain 6 months after surgery
From: Prevalence of pain 6 months after surgery: a prospective observational study
Joint pain | Joint no pain | p* | Back pain | Back no pain | p* | Uro pain | Uro no pain | p* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | 76 (48.7 %) | 80 (51.3 %) | 104 (56.5 %) | 80 (43.5 %) | 24 (15.9 %) | 127 (84.1 %) | |||
Female (%) | 56.6 | 60.0 | .39 | 51.9 | 51.3 | .52 | 50 | 22 | .006 |
Age (mean, SD) | 65.3 (12.4) | 66.6 (13.3) | .40 | 61.8 (14.9) | 60.0 (16.6) | .062 | 60.5 (11.5) | 62.8 (11.7) | .30 |
BMI (mean, SD) | 30.9 (5.5) | 30.0 (7.3) | .053 | 28.9 (4.7) | 27.1 (5.1) | .004 | 26.5 (4.6) | 27.4 (4.5) | .34 |
Preoperative Pain Intensity NRS ≥3 (%) | 94.7 | 92.5 | .41 | 92.3 | 73.8 | .001 | 54.2 | 22.8 | .003 |
Chronic Preoperative Pain (%)a | 85.5 | 75.0 | .074 | 54.8 | 30.0 | .001 | 33.3 | 15.7 | .046 |
Duration of Surgery [minutes] (mean, SD) | 124 (56) | 123 (53) | .74 | 154 (86) | 147 (79) | .64 | 275 (136) | 268 (147) | .62 |