From the *Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building, Medical School, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom AB25 2ZD; †Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building, Medical School, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, AB25 2ZD; ‡Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building, Medical School, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, AB25 2ZD; and §Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Department of Anaesthesia, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
Received for publication June 15, 2002;
revised December 7, 2002; accepted December 14, 2002.
This study is based on previous work that was funded by the Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen, the British Heart Foundation, and the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Office Department of Health.
Demographic and surgical details from individual surveys have been published elsewhere. 2,10 Data on the McGill Pain Questionnaire has not been published elsewhere.
Reprints: Julie Bruce, BSc, MSc, Research Fellow, Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building, Medical School, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK, AB25 2ZD (e-mail: [email protected]).
