Table 3

Comparing Analgesic Regimen Effectiveness and Safety after Surgery measure on other postoperative pain treatments

For baseline: Do you currently use any of the following ways to reduce your pain? Select all that apply. If you have no pain, select ‘none’
For postoperative days 0–7: Have you used any of the following ways to reduce your pain at the site of surgery in <the past 24 hours; other time period >? Select all that apply.
☐ Ice/cold packs or cryotherapy☐ Watching TV/movies, reading, music
☐ Marijuana, cannabis or CBD☐ Meditation, deep breathing
☐ Heat packs☐ Electrical stimulation, TENS
☐ Massage☐ Prayer
☐ Topical drugs like Icy Hot or Salonpas☐ Talking to others
☐ Acupuncture, acupressure☐ Other
☐ Exercise, yoga or walking☐ None
Other approach to reducing pain ___________________________ (free text)
  • Responses include options based on the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative postoperative survey, Komann et al, and Fan et al13 14

  • CBD, Cannabidiol; TENS, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation.