Table 3 Physician preferences for postoperative pain management for obese vs. non-obese patients by experience and training. Results of fisher’s exact tests
Pain severity | Physician characteristics | Obese, n (%) | p-value | Non-Obese, n (%) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opioid | Non-Opioid | Opioid | Non-Opioid | ||||
Mild Pain | Experience as Attending | Â | Â | 0.767 | Â | Â | 1 |
> 15 years | 29 (26.0%) | 84 (74.0%) |  | 36 (32.0%) | 77 (68.0%) |  | |
≤15 years | 33 (28.6%) | 83 (71.4%) |  | 37 (31.8%) | 79 (68.2%) |  | |
Physician Status | Â | Â | 0.799 | Â | Â | 0.713 | |
Attending | 68 (26.2%) | 192 (73.8%) | Â | 79 (30.2%) | 181 (69.8%) | Â | |
Resident | 43 (27.5%) | 112 (72.5%) | Â | 50 (32.2%) | 105 (67.8%) | Â | |
Moderate Pain | Experience as Attending | Â | Â | 0.047 | Â | Â | 0.023 |
> 15 years | 70 (62.0%) | 43 (38.0%) |  | 75 (66.7%) | 38 (33.3%) |  | |
≤15 years | 86 (74.4%) | 30 (25.6%) |  | 93 (80.2%) | 23 (19.8%) |  | |
Physician Status |  |  | 0.002 |  |  | < 0.001 | |
Attending | 177 (68.0%) | 83 (32.0%) | Â | 186 (71.7%) | 74 (28.3%) | Â | |
Resident | 129 (83.0%) | 26 (17.0%) | Â | 135 (87.1%) | 20 (12.9%) | Â | |
Severe Pain | Experience as Attending | Â | Â | 0.3156 | Â | Â | 0.106 |
> 15 years | 96 (84.9%) | 17 (15.1%) |  | 102 (90.0%) | 11 (10.0%) |  | |
≤15 years | 104 (89.5%) | 12 (10.5%) |  | 111 (96.0%) | 5 (4.0%) |  | |
Physician Status | Â | Â | 0.358 | Â | Â | 0.155 | |
Attending | 230 (88.4%) | 30 (11.6%) | Â | 241 (92.6%) | 19 (7.4%) | Â | |
Resident | 142 (91.8%) | 13 (8.2%) | Â | 150 (96.6%) | 5 (3.4%) | Â | |