An Interactive Pain Application (MServ) Improves Postoperative Pain Management

Table 4

Summary statistics are number (percentage), median [interquartile range], or mean ± standard deviation.

	Category	SC (n = 102)	Device (n = 132)	DN (n = 66)	DNPT (n = 66)	SC vs. device value
Sex	Female	44 (43%)	58 (44%)	31 (47%)	27 (41%)	0.90
	Male	58 (57%)	74 (56%)	35 (53%)	39 (59%)
Age	n/a	60.3 ± 15.7	61.2 ± 15.0	63.5 ± 15.3	58.9 ± 14.6	0.64
Speciality	Thoracic	77 (75%)	124 (94%)	63 (95%)	61 (92%)	<0.001
	Urology	25 (25%)	8 (6%)	3 (5%)	5 (8%)
Preadmission opioid use	Any	20 (20%)	20 (15%)	9 (14%)	11 (17%)	0.37
	Strong	8 (8%)	6 (5%)	3 (5%)	3 (5%)	0.29
Surgery type: major or complex	n/a	99 (97%)	126 (95%)	61 (92%)	65 (98%)	0.53
Baseline pain score ≥ 2/4	n/a	88 (87%)	122 (93%)	58 (89%)	64 (99%)	0.12
% reported time in severe pain	n/a	30 [10, 70]	10 [0, 30]	10 [0, 40]	10 [10, 20]	<0.001
Post-op step 4 analgesia	No	26 (25%)	5 (4%)	3 (5%)	2 (3%)	<0.001
	Yes	76 (75%)	124 (96%)	63 (95%)	64 (97%)