Prospective Study of Preoperative Negative Affect and Postoperative Pain in Patients Undergoing Thoracic Surgery: The Moderating Role of Sex.

ABSTRACT: Objective: Preoperative negative affect is a risk factor for worse postoperative pain, but research investigating this association among patients undergoing thoracic surgery is inconsistent. Additionally, female patients often report greater negative affect and postoperative pain than males. This prospective observational study investigated the association between preoperative negative affect and postoperative pain after thoracic surgery and whether this association differed by sex. Methods: Patients (n = 105) undergoing thoracic surgery completed preoperative assessments of pain and negative affect (PROMIS anxiety and depression short forms). Patients reported their daily worst pain over the first 7 postoperative days, and an index score of acute postoperative pain was creat

SUBMITTER: Franqueiro AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11476742 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature