ArticleAnaesthesia2026
Patient-reported outcomes, postoperative pain and pain relief after day-case surgery (POPPY): chronic post-surgical pain prevalence and associations.
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- Organisational practices in postoperative opioid prescribing at discharge in UK NHS day surgery units: the OPIOID-discharge survey.Anaesthesia · 2026Article
- Patient-reported outcomes, postoperative pain and pain relief after day-case surgery (POPPY): short-term peri-operative analgesic use.Anaesthesia · 2026Observational
- Bibliometric Analysis of Patient-Controlled Intravenous Analgesia Research From 2014 to April 2026: Global Trends, Hotspot Evolution, and Future Directions.Pain research & management · 2026Review
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introductionDay-case surgical activity is increasing in the UK yet there is a lack of data on the prevalence of chronic post-surgical pain in this population. This study uses data from the POPPY study to estimate the prevalence of chronic post-surgical pain after day-case surgery, its relationship with quality of life and also explores associated factors.
methodsData were collected from eligible consenting adults having day-case surgery in 199 sites across the UK. Baseline data were collected on the day of surgery, and patients were followed up by short message service-delivered questionnaires on day 1, day 3, day 7 and day 97. Chronic post-surgical pain was defined using pain severity scores at day 97. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to explore associations with chronic post-surgical pain.
resultsAt day 97, 3442 patients had responded from a total of 7839 recruited. The estimated prevalence of chronic post-surgical pain was 7.2% (95%CI 6.4-8.1%). We found the following were associated with chronic post-surgical pain: week 1 pain scores; orthopaedic, breast and plastic surgical specialities; non-surgical site chronic pain at baseline; deprivation; and ethnicity. Patients with chronic post-surgical pain had a mean (SD) decrease of 0.137 (0.205) in health-related quality of life score compared with baseline. DISCUSSION: This is the first large UK multicentre, prospective observational study exploring chronic post-surgical pain after day-case surgery. Multivariable modelling highlighted several associated factors. Chronic post-surgical pain is common after day-case surgery and is associated with reduced quality of life.
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