Disparity between High Satisfaction and Severe Pain in Patients after Caesarean Section: A Prospective Observational-Controlled Investigation

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.

	CS ()	Other surgeries ()
Age (years)	31 ± 5	33 ± 8	0.09
Body mass (kg)	89 ± 14	72 ± 16	<0.0001
ASA 1	21	20	1.0
ASA 2	38	42	0.51
ASA 3	5	1	0.26
Spinal anaesthesia	48	0	<0.0001
General anaesthesia	9	64	<0.0001
Epidural anaesthesia	7	4	0.3
Duration of surgical procedure (min)	37 ± 11	63 ± 31	<0.0001
Surgery-related “a priori”-assumed pain	4	4.8 ± 1.1	<0.0001

Data are presented as mean (SD) or as the number of patients; CS: caesarean section. Anticipated surgery-related “a priori”-assumed pain was taken using VRS-10, where 0 = no pain at all and 10 = worst pain which could be imagined according to [8].