| |
1 Strongly disagree |
2 Disagree |
3 Undecided |
4 Agree |
5 Strongly agree |
1+2+3 Disagree |
4+5 Agree |
Median (IQR) |
| Q4. Pain-free patients have better outcomes compared to patients in pain |
10 (11.0%) |
3 (3.3%) |
4 (4.4%) |
56 (61.5%) |
18 (18.8%) |
17 (18.7%) |
74 (81.3%) |
4 (4.0-4.0) |
| Q5. Whenever a patient says to be in pain it is true and needs to be treated |
1 (1.1%) |
0 |
7 (7.5%) |
62 (66.7%) |
23 (24.7%) |
8 (8.6%) |
85 (91.4%) |
4 (4.0-4.0) |
| Q6. Patients should expect to have some sort of pain after surgery |
9 (9.7%) |
15 (16.1%) |
6 (6.5%) |
43 (46.2%) |
20 (21.5%) |
30 (32.3%) |
63 (67.7%) |
4 (2.0-4.0) |
| Q7. Pain-killers are often risky with plenty of side effects |
10 (10.5%) |
40 (42.1%) |
16 (16.8%) |
26 (27.4%) |
3 (3.2%) |
66 (69.5%) |
29 (30.5%) |
2 (2.0-4.0) |
| Q8. Postoperative analgesia should be decided by the patient |
53 (57.0%) |
26 (28.0%) |
9 (9.7%) |
4 (4.3%) |
1 (1.1%) |
5/118 (4.2%) |
1 (1.0-2.0) |
| Q9. Postoperative analgesia should be decided by the surgeon |
20 (21.5%) |
38 (40.9%) |
12 (12.9%) |
15 (16.1%) |
8 (8.6%) |
23/118 (19.5%) |
2 (2.0-3.0) |
| Q10. Postoperative analgesia should be decided by the anaesthesiologist |
1 (1.1%) |
1 (1.1%) |
3 (3.2%) |
31 (32.6%) |
59 (62.1%) |
90/118 (76.3%) |
5 (4.0-5.0) |
| Q11. Anaesthesiologists should be involved in pain management in wards |
2 (2.1%) |
3 (3.2%) |
6 (6.3%) |
34 (35.8%) |
50 (52.6%) |
11 (11.6%) |
84 (88.4%) |
5 (4.0-5.0) |
| Q12. All hospitals should provide or have access to an APS |
1 (1.1%) |
0 |
8 (8.4%) |
6 (6.3%) |
80 (84.2%) |
9 (9.5%) |
86 (90.5%) |
5 (5.0-5.0) |
| Out of 855 items 12 (1.4%) were not answered |
