Patient‐reported outcomes, postoperative pain and pain relief after day‐case surgery ( POPPY ): chronic post‐surgical pain prevalence and associations*
Authors' conclusion
Chronic post-surgical pain is common after day-case surgery and is associated with reduced quality of life.
Study context
- Population
- Adults having day-case surgery in the UK3,442 responded at day 97
- Participants
- 7,839 adults
- Outcome
- Prevalence of chronic post-surgical pain (defined by pain severity scores)
- Follow-up
- Day 97
Methodological detailsmulticentre, 199 UK sites
- Multicentre
- 199 UK sites
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Chronic post-surgical pain prevalence
Estimated prevalence of chronic post-surgical pain
7.2%
95%CI 6.4–8.1%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Factors associated with chronic post-surgical pain (multivariable logistic regression)
- Associated: week 1 pain scores; orthopaedic, breast and plastic surgical specialities; non-surgical site chronic pain at baseline; deprivation; ethnicity
Health-related quality of life score change vs baseline in patients with chronic post-surgical pain · day 97
- Mean (SD) decrease in health-related quality of life score vs baseline
- 0.137 (0.205)
Original publication
Patient‐reported outcomes, postoperative pain and pain relief after day‐case surgery ( POPPY ): chronic post‐surgical pain prevalence and associations*. Anaesthesia. Published 7 January 2026. doi:10.
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