Risk factors and protective factors of acute postoperative pain: an observational study at a German university hospital with cross-sectional and longitudinal inpatient data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Surgical fear is one of the most important psychological risk factors for postoperative pain, but less is known about the contribution of protective factors. This study investigated somatic and psychological risk and resilience factors of postoperative pain and validated the German version of the Surgical Fear Questionnaire (SFQ).

Setting

University Hospital of Marburg, Germany.

Design

Single-centre observational study and cross-sectional validation study.

Participants

Data for validating the SFQ were obtained from a cross-sectional observational study (N=198, mean age 43.6 years, 58.8% female) with persons undergoing different kinds of elective surgery. A sample of N=196 (mean age 43.0 years, 45.4% female) undergoing elective (orthopaedic) surgery w

SUBMITTER: Riecke J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10173966 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature