Research Article

Assessment of Patient’s Satisfaction and Associated Factors regarding Postoperative Pain Management at the University of Gondar Compressive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 2

As assessed 24 h after surgery, bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses results, patients experiences in perioperative time for satisfaction of postoperative pain management, assessed at 24 hours following surgery in the University of Gondar compressive specialized hospital, northwest Ethiopia, 2018 (N = 418).

VariablesLevel of satisfactionOdds ratio with 95% CI
SatisfiedDissatisfiedCorollary (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)

Age (years)18–39218 (70.1)93 (29.9)1a1
40–5560 (82.2)13 (17.8)1.97 (1.03, 3.76)2.0 (0.79, 5.19)
>5524 (70.6)10 (29.4)1.02 (0.47, 2.22)0.68 (0.22, 2.03)
Body mass indexNormal weight236 (72.6)89 (27.4)1a1
Over weight44 (83)9 (17)1.84 (0.86, 3.9301.47 (0.56, 3.87)
Obese6 (54.5)5 (45.5)0.45 (0.14, 1.52)0.73 (0.13, 4.15)
Under weight16 (55.2)13 (44.8)0.46 (0.22, 1.00)0.59 (0.17, 1.44
ASAASA1222 (71.4)89 (28.6)1.81 (0.91, 3.61)3.55 (1.20, 10.55)
ASA258 (84.1)11 (15.9)3.84 (1.54, 9.54)13.72 (1.04, 13.28)
ASA3 and ASA422 (57.9)16 (42.1)1a1b
Body site of surgeryLimbs32 (68.1)15 (31.9)1a1
Head and neck39 (75)13 (25)1.41 (0.59, 3.38)1.06 (0.28, 3.84)
Thoracic7 (87.5)1 (12.5)3.28 (0.37, 29.12)3.24 (0.23, 46.39)
Abdominal189 (70.3)80 (29.7)1.12 (0.57, 2.16)0.66 (0.24, 1.78)
Spine4 (100)0 (0)
Genitourinary31 (81.6)7 (18.4)2.08 (0.75, 5.78)3.37 (0.68, 16.66)
Type of surgeryElective159 (84.6)29 (15.4)3.34 (2.07, 5.38)0.41 (0.15, 1.10)
Emergency143 (62.2)87 (37.8)1a1
PONBYes154 (95.7)7 (4.3)16.20 (7.30, 35.95)9.14 (3.93, 20.86)
No148 (57.6)109 (42.4)1a1b
AnalgesicsYes297 (73.7)106 (26.3)5.6 (1.87, 16.77)6.10 (1.17, 33.91)
No5 (33.3)10 (66.7)1a1b
Information of POPMYes38 (61.3)24 (38.7)0.55 (0.31, 0.97)0.49 (0.22, 1.08)
No264 (74.2)92 (25.8)1a1
Intraoperative painYes42 (58.3)30 (41.7)1a1
No260 (75.1)86 (24.9)2.16 (1.27, 3.66)1.31 (0.61, 2.85)
Postoperative painYes80 (57.3)69 (46.3)1a1b
No222 (82.5)47 (17.5)4.07 (2.6, 6.48)1.86 (1.02, 3.39)
Analgesic before requestYes260 (86.4)41 (13.6)11.32 (6.86, 18.69)6.90 (3.72, 12.83)
No42 (35.9)75 (64.1)1a1b
Analgesic when need itYes56 (72.7)21 (27.3)1.03 (0.59, 1.79)
No246 (72.1)95 (27.9)1

=  value < 0.05, =, a = significant from bivariate logistic regression model, and b = significant from multivariate logistic regression model. PRNB: peripheral nerve block. POPM: postoperative pain management.