Prevalence of Postoperative Pain Following Hospital Discharge: Protocol for a Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pain is one of the most common, feared, and unpleasant symptoms associated with surgery. However, there is a clear gap in patient care after surgical patients are discharged from hospital, resulting in poorly controlled postoperative pain. Inadequate pain management after discharge can have detrimental effects on quality of life and lead to the development of chronic postsurgical pain. The severity of postoperative pain before discharge is well described, but less emphasis has been placed on assessing pain at home after hospital discharge.

Objective

The objective of this review is to summarize the prevalence of moderate-to-severe postoperative pain within the first 1 to 14 days after hospital discharge.

Methods

A detailed search of epidemiological studies i

SUBMITTER: Park R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7748962 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature