Predictors for Moderate to Severe Acute Postoperative Pain after Cesarean Section

Table 3

Univariate analysis of potential predicting factors of moderate to severe postoperative pain.

	Postoperative pain
		%		OR	CI (95%)
Age, mean (SD)	25.1 (5.7)		—	1.00	0.98–1.03	0.551
Education < 11 years	301	79.8	0.11	1.12	0.82–1.53	0.452
Without marital partner	120	81.6	0.23	1.25	0.80–1.96	0.311
Socioeconomic class
C	493	78.5	−0,31	0,97	0.70–1,34	0.849
D/E	64	76.2	−0,16	0,85	0.48–1.49	0.571
Physically inactive	777	79.0	0.40	1.50	0.89–2.52	0.124
Alcohol consumption	59	80.8	0.15	1.17	0.64–2.14	0.605
Tobacco consumption	29	90.6	1.00	2.72	0.82–9.01	0.101
Active delivery	155	81.6	0.23	1.26	0.84–1.89	0.246
Previous cesarean section	281	76.2	−0.20	0.81	0.60–1.10	0.187
Tube sterilization	78	83.0	0.32	1.37	0.78–2.40	0.262
Surgery duration, mean (SD)	34.8 (10.8)		0.00	1.00	0.98–1.01	0.655
Preoperative pain	264	82.2	0.33	1.40	1.00–195	0.048
Preoperative anxiety	350	83.5	0.51	1.68	1.22–2.30	0.001
Depression	122	81.9	0.24	2.27	0.81–1.99	0.279
Intraoperative analgesics
Intrathecal morphine plus IV and IM nonopioid analgesics	427	76.7	−0.22	0.80	0.59–1.07	0.140
Intrathecal morphine	406	80.4	0.22	1.24	0.93–1.67	0.140
Intrathecal morphine and fentanyl plus IV and IM nonopioid analgesics	16	80.0	0.09	1.10	0.36–3.32	0.864
Intrathecal morphine and fentanyl	7	46,7	−1.45	0.23	0.08–0.65	0.006

OR, odds ratio. CI, confidence interval.