Proportion of patients who rated their worst and average pain on movement during the previous 24 h as moderate to severe* in the first week after surgery
Time after surgery
Pain rated as moderate to severe; % (no.) of patients†
Worst
Average
24 h
85.0 (787/926)
64.0 (593/926)
48 h
86.0 (909/1057)
68.0 (719/1057)
72 h
74.0 (808/1092)
54.0 (590/1092)
Day 7
65.0 (722/1110)
43.0 (477/1110)
↵* Rating ≥ 4 out of 10 on standard numerical rating scale.
↵† Data for patients who completed the pain measurements at each point are shown.