Why the study?
Postoperative pain management is primarily based on the types and extent of surgical intervention, but the utility of preoperative self-anticipating pain scores in predicting actual pain and analgesic requirements remained to be clarified.
Population
996 consecutive patients receiving elective surgery in Taiwan
Comparison
Preoperative self-anticipating pain score correlation with actual postoperative pain and opioid requirements
Design
Prospective cross-sectional observational study
Authors
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Preoperative anticipation scores were associated with higher postoperative pain and opioid needs; leaves open whether counseling reduces actual experience.
Certain patient demographics and surgical factors predict higher preoperative anticipated pain, suggesting a need for targeted preoperative counseling to improve patient satisfaction.
Chang et al. (2020) studied this question.
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