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Those suffering moderate or worse pain while in the postanesthesia care unit\/surgery ward (PACU\/SW) were followed for 72\u2009hours. Site characteristics were also surveyed. Multilevel models were used to evaluate center- and patient-level factors associated with pain and quality of recovery (QoR). Weighted generalized estimating equations were used to analyze the evolution of pain intensity.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The prevalence while in and at discharge from the PACU\/SW was 48.7% (cluster-adjusted 95% confidence interval [CI] = 38.1\u201359.2%) and 21.6% (95% CI = 15.4\u201327.8%), respectively. Pain intensity decreased significantly over time. Less than 20% of the patients received systemic patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) or regional analgesic techniques. Age, preexisting pain, type of surgery, use of general anesthesia, and postoperative potent opioids were associated with pain risk and intensity, as were center-level factors such as patient information, protocol availability, and coordination of care. In turn, QoR was related to pain intensity and patient satisfaction with analgesia and side effects.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Compared with previous reports, the prevalence of moderate\/severe postoperative pain has decreased but remains excessive. Organizational improvements to deploy procedure-specific, opioid-sparing analgesic strategies including regional techniques are recommended.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/pm\/pnz149","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,6,28]],"date-time":"2019-06-28T11:09:04Z","timestamp":1561720144000},"page":"1039-1048","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["A Patient-Based National Survey and Prospective Evaluation of Postoperative Pain Management in Spain: Prevalent but Possibly Preventable"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Luis M","family":"Torres","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Anesthesia Department, Hospital Puerta del Mar, University of C\u00e1diz, C\u00e1diz, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Manuel J","family":"S\u00e1nchez-del-\u00c1guila","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesia, Reanimation and Pain Therapeutics, Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella (M\u00e1laga), Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rafael","family":"Salazar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Anesthesia Department, Hospital Comarcal de Inca, Inca (Mallorca), Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Inmaculada","family":"Failde","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Preventive Medicine and Public Health Area, University of C\u00e1diz, C\u00e1diz, Spain"},{"name":"The Observatory of Pain, Gr\u00fcnenthal Foundation-University, C\u00e1diz, Spain"},{"name":"Institute of Research and Innovation in Biomedical Sciences (INiBICA), C\u00e1diz, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ana","family":"Leal","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical Department, Gr\u00fcnenthal Pharma, S.A., Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jes\u00fas","family":"Villoria","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Design and Biometrics, Medicxact, S.L., Alpedrete (Madrid), Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"2020050811575521500_pnz149-B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"248","DOI":"10.1097\/ALN.0b013e31823c1030","article-title":"Practice guidelines for acute pain management in the perioperative setting: An updated report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Acute Pain Management","volume":"116","year":"2012","journal-title":"Anesthesiology"},{"key":"2020050811575521500_pnz149-B2","volume-title":"Postoperative Pain management - Good Clinical Practice. 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