Impact of Social Support and Coping Strategies on Post-Surgical Pain

Université Catholique de Louvain368 enrolled

Overview

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 : * Depression, * Anxiety, * Stress, * Pain Coping Strategies, * Social Support, * Couple Support.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

368

Conditions

Social Support Coping Behavior Post-Surgical Pain, Chronic

Interventions

QuestionnairesOTHER

Online-based questionnaires

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Aged over 18 years of age. * Capacity to understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent form in French. Exclusion Criteria: * Insufficient French language skills. * History of psychotic disease. * History of neurodegenerative pathology. * History of neurological disease (e.g. stroke) * Pre-existing pain condition related to the reason for surgery

Locations (1)

Institute of NeuroScience (IONS) - UCLouvain

Brussels, Belgium

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

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

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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