Table 5 Proportion and number of patients having pain-management-related side-effects in the APS (n = 120) and control groups (n = 228)
From: Acute Pain Services and pain-related patient-reported outcomes in Hungarian hospitals
None | Mild | Moderate | Severe | Extreme | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
APS | Control | APS | Control | APS | Control | APS | Control | APS | Control | |
Nausea | 82.5% (99) | 63.2% (144) | 11.7% (14) | 22.4% (51) | 2.5% (3) | 7.0% (16) | 3.3% (4) | 5.3% (12) | 0.0% (0) | 2.2% (5) |
Drowsiness | 62.5% (75) | 35.1% (80) | 17.5% (21) | 27.2% (62) | 15.0% (18) | 20.2% (46) | 4.2% (5) | 13.2% (30) | 0.8% (1) | 4.4% (10) |
Itching | 90.0% (108) | 82.0% (187) | 3.3% (4) | 10.5% (24) | 4.2% (5) | 3.5% (8) | 1.7% (2) | 1.8% (4) | 0.8% (1) | 2.2% (5) |
Dizziness | 75.0% (90) | 57.0% (130) | 15.0% (18) | 28.9% (66) | 8.3% (10) | 7.9% (18) | 0.8% (1) | 4.4% (10) | 0.8% (1) | 1.8% (4) |