The aim of this study was to elucidate day surgery patients´ subjective experiences of postoperative pain after orthopedic and abdominal surgery and if there was any difference in the experience according to sex and age. Selection was not random and the study included 87 patients. Data were collected from patient questionnaires. VAS method was applied in the questionnaire to measure patients´ pain. The outcomes of the study show that there was no significant difference between women´s and men´s experiences of pain during days 1-7. It was found that patients undergoing orthopedic surgery had significantly more pain on day 7 compared to those patients who underwent abdominal surgery. There was a significant negative correlation between age and perceived pain on day 7. Patients in day surgery group had significantly less pain on day 7 compared with day 1. The patients who have undergone orthopedic surgery and younger patients had more pain on day 7 while the patients in day surgery group had a pain level decreased gradually and on day 7 was the lowest. It appears that pain relief on day 7 of younger patients and patients who have undergone orthopedic surgery is an area that can be improved.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-155185 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Settergard, Paula |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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