Background: The present study aimed to assess the postoperative pain experience in cognitive deficit patients with special reference to sensory or affective pain quality.
Methods: Nineteen patients with normal cognition up to cognitive impairments according to the DemTect screening-tool were studied regarding their postoperative pain experience after proximal femur fracture. The numerical rating scale (NRS), the cognitive DemTect questionnaire, the pain sensation questionnaire (SES), and a quantitative sensory test (QST) were used as examination instruments.