Abstract

Background: Post-operative pain is distinctive from the pain experienced as a result of numerous chronic illnesses. The present is aimed to evaluation of pre- and POPM in cases undergoing cardiovascular operations. Methodology: An cross-sectional study was carried out from March to November 2023. Participants were the in-hospital patients planning for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The sampling was used to select the sample population and then informed consent was taken from each participant. Totally, 50 patients in the study population, of which 37 were males and 13 were females. Preoperative pain-related assessment was done one day before operations through a specific booklet designed by Canadian Pain Society Management: “Pain relief postsurgery”. Results: The mean age of the study population was 58.35±10.55 years. The majority 33 (66%) of the cases were ≥ 55 years old. The male to female ratio was 3:1. Most of them (82%) were married. Totally 38 subjects were not work. Thirteen subjects were good graduated, while others were with illiterate (20). About 40 case with smoking tobacco. Forty (80%) participants opted for injectable route of administration for pain relief medicine. About 10% like skin patch as a route of drug administration for pain relief. However, the rest prefer other routes as oral or anal. The response from group to question-3 of the pre-operative pain questionnaire showed no significant differences. Statistics related to brief pain inventory (BPI) showed that a significant differences (p=0.06, 0.02, 0.01) were observed for all items. The overall brief pain inventory scale showed that the average pain score was statistically significant.

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