Patients undergoing surgery have the right to feel severe pain, but the available painkillers should significantly or even eliminate it completely. Therefore, the main goal of the work was to determine which of these methods are the most effective – pharmacology and no pharmacology methods. This was done with the help of a questionnaire directly addressed to people after orthopedic surgery. In the study, the research method was a diagnostic survey. The results were obtained with the help of a survey technique, which survey tool was the questionnaire. The survey consisted of 32 questions. It contained open, closed and multiple-choice questions. In question No. 10 a visual analogue scale was used to test the level of pain. The V Kramer test was used to answer the research questions asked. On their basis, information about the strength of dependence between variables was obtained. The obtained results were subjected to statistical analysis, among them statistically significant for p <0.05. The questionnaire was addressed to patients after orthopedic procedures, who were in the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of the Motor Organ. After familiarizing patients with the purpose of the study, they voluntarily completed the questionnaire of 90 people, 88 of whom completed the questionnaire in a way that allowed drawing certain conclusions on their basis. Patients pointed to the high effectiveness of pharmacotherapy in pain relief. The level of pain felt decreased with time, however, it significantly disturbed night rest. Knee or hip joint replacement and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction were considered the most painful procedures.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.7880
Publish Year: 2020
