The Perioperative Pain Self-Management (PePS) randomized controlled trial protocol: Preventing chronic post-surgical pain and prolonged opioid use.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Total joint arthroplasties are common orthopedic surgeries that carry risk for developing chronic post-surgical pain. In addition to pre- and post-operative pain severity, psychological distress (e.g., anxiety, pain catastrophizing) is a risk factor for chronic postsurgical pain. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for chronic pain is an empirically supported approach to managing chronic pain, functional impairment, and related distress. While CBT has been used extensively in patients with established chronic pain, using it as a preventive intervention targeting the transition from acute to chronic postsurgical pain is a novel application.

Objectives

The Perioperative Pain Self-Management (PePS) program is a pain self-management intervention based on the principles

SUBMITTER: Hadlandsmyth K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10498437 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature