Undesirable Postoperative Anesthesia Outcomes at Two National Referral Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study in Eritrea

Table 2

Prevalence of undesirable postoperative anesthesia outcomes (n = 470).

Discomfort and needs	Prevalence of UAO
	At least a little bit	More than moderate
	n (%)	n (%)
Postoperative pain	388 (82.6)	205 (43.6)
Sore throat	87 (18.5)	10 (2.1)
Back pain	125 (26.6)	20 (4.3)
Nausea	191 (40.6)	44 (9.4)
Vomiting	177 (37.7)	47 (10)
Cold	194 (41.3)	80 (17)
Hunger	86 (18.3)	21 (4.5)
Thirst	130 (27.7)	47 (10)
Headache	118 (25.1)	25 (5.3)

Severity was graded as 0 = not at all; 1 = a little bit; 2 = moderately; 3 = quite a bit; 4 = extremely.