An interventional study of Questionnaires in Social Support, Coping Behavior and Post-Surgical Pain, Chronic, sponsored by Université Catholique de Louvain. Completed at 1 site in Belgium. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-04-10.
Sponsored by Université Catholique de Louvain · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the impact of social support and pain coping strategies in the development and evolution of post-surgical pain.
This is a longitudinal study. After giving their informed consent, patients will answer online questionnaires assessing pain and different psychosocial variables at these time points: before surgery, one to three days after surgery, and one, three, and six months after surgery.
The psychosocial variables evaluated are the following ones :
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Exclusion Criteria:
Patients will answer online surveys containing different questionnaires that will evaluate psychosocial variables as well as pain variables.
Other: Questionnaires
Online-based questionnaires
Intensity of acute post-surgical pain
Questions from the Short Form of the Brief Pain Inventory (translated in French) will be used to assess the intensity of the pain on a numeric rating scale (from 0 to 10) during the three days following surgery.
Time frame: Three days after surgery
Development of Persistent post-surgical pain, 3 months
Using the Short Form of the Brief Pain Inventory, pain will be assessed at three months to determine whether patients will have developed chronic pain.
Time frame: 3 months after surgery
Persistent post-surgical pain, 6 months
Using the Short Form of the Brief Pain Inventory, pain intensity will be assessed at 6 months.
Time frame: 6 months after surgery
Pain interference
Using the Short Form of the Brief Pain Inventory, pain interference on daily activities will be assessed at 6 months.
Time frame: 6 months after surgery
Plan to share: No
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