Chronic Pain After Shoulder Arthroplasty

N/ACompletedNCT01900223

Karen Bjørnholdt786 enrolled

Overview

Chronic pain is relatively common after different types of surgery. The investigators intend to study prevalence, characteristics and risk factors of chronic pain after shoulder arthroplasty, focusing on neuropathic pain characteristics, and risk factors such as preoperative pain, severe acute postoperative pain, age, gender, and pain elsewhere.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

786

Conditions

Chronic Pain

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients operated with any shoulder prosthesis between april 2011 and april 2012 in Denmark Exclusion Criteria: * Secondary prosthesis * Bilateral prosthesis * Age below 18 * Reoperated in the same shoulder after the prosthesis

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Current pain intensity

Pain score by Numeric Rating Scale 0-10

Time frame: At time of completing the questionnaire, which is sent to patients 1-2 years after their shoulderprosthesis.

Secondary Outcomes

preoperative pain intensity

Pain intensity by Likert scale

Time frame: recalled

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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