Association of Multimodal Pain Control with Patient-Reported Outcomes in Children Undergoing Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Our aim was to describe practices in multimodal pain management at US children's hospitals and evaluate the association between non-opioid pain management strategies and pediatric patient-reported outcomes (PROs).

Methods

Data were collected as part of the 18-hospital ENhanced Recovery In CHildren Undergoing Surgery (ENRICH-US) clinical trial. Non-opioid pain management strategies included use of preoperative and postoperative non-opioid analgesics, regional anesthetic blocks, and a biobehavioral intervention. PROs included perioperative nervousness, pain-related functional disability, health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Associations were analyzed using multinomial logistic regression models.

Results

Among 186 patients, 62 (33%) received preoperative

SUBMITTER: Sullivan GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10198874 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature