Pain assessment in surgical patients with impaired cognition
Table 3: Wilcoxon test of the initial assessments of the 3 scales
Initial assessments | Negative order | Positive order | Z | p |
Abbey Pain Scale – Observer Scale | 33.96 | 35.67 | -1.739 | 0.082 |
PAINAD – Observer Scale | 27.82 | 34.24 | -2.719 | 0.007 |
PAINAD – Abbey Pain Scale | 32.06 | 38.39 | -1.268 | 0.205 |