Research Article
An Interactive Pain Application (MServ) Improves Postoperative Pain Management
Table 4
Summary statistics are number (percentage), median [interquartile range], or mean ± standard deviation.
| | Category | SC (n = 102) | Device (n = 132) | DN (n = 66) | DNPT (n = 66) | SC vs. device value |
| Sex | Female | 44 (43%) | 58 (44%) | 31 (47%) | 27 (41%) | 0.90 | Male | 58 (57%) | 74 (56%) | 35 (53%) | 39 (59%) | Age | n/a | 60.3 ± 15.7 | 61.2 ± 15.0 | 63.5 ± 15.3 | 58.9 ± 14.6 | 0.64 | Speciality | Thoracic | 77 (75%) | 124 (94%) | 63 (95%) | 61 (92%) | <0.001 | Urology | 25 (25%) | 8 (6%) | 3 (5%) | 5 (8%) | Preadmission opioid use | Any | 20 (20%) | 20 (15%) | 9 (14%) | 11 (17%) | 0.37 | Strong | 8 (8%) | 6 (5%) | 3 (5%) | 3 (5%) | 0.29 | Surgery type: major or complex | n/a | 99 (97%) | 126 (95%) | 61 (92%) | 65 (98%) | 0.53 | Baseline pain score ≥ 2/4 | n/a | 88 (87%) | 122 (93%) | 58 (89%) | 64 (99%) | 0.12 | % reported time in severe pain | n/a | 30 [10, 70] | 10 [0, 30] | 10 [0, 40] | 10 [10, 20] | <0.001 | Post-op step 4 analgesia | No | 26 (25%) | 5 (4%) | 3 (5%) | 2 (3%) | <0.001 | Yes | 76 (75%) | 124 (96%) | 63 (95%) | 64 (97%) |
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