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• did they received pain management education,
• to describe their perceptions of pain and pain medications after surgery.
Data were categorized based on surgical setting: surgery in a doctor’s office, outpatient clinic, unafiliated surgery center, or hospital. Percentages were calculated based on the number of patients who answered each question. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics.
Results in 2003, Apfelbaum (1) reported that 80 percent of surgical patients experienced acute pain after surgery, and 86 percent of those had moderate to extreme pain. Of 1,308 outpatients with metastatic cancer from 54 cancer treatment centers, 67 percent reported pain. (Cleeland) Of those who had pain, 62 percent had pain severe enough to impair their ability to function, and 42 percent were not given adequate analgesic