Perioperative Pain Correlates and Prolonged Postoperative Pain Predictors: Demographic and Psychometric Questionnaires.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:Perioperatively, patients are near-guaranteed to experience acute pain by virtue of the surgical tissue insult. The transition of acute pain to pathological chronic pain is a complex and poorly understood process. To study this, the prevalence of pain was examined preoperatively, and at 6 weeks and 3 months postoperatively. METHODS:Fifty-four patients undergoing moderate-major gynaecological surgery at Christchurch Women's Hospital (Christchurch, New Zealand) were recruited over a period of 11 weeks. Follow-up by telephone was conducted at 6 weeks and 3 months following surgery. Demographic information including age, gender, ethnicity, work, and education status were collected, as well as aspects of medical history. Participants were subjected to psychometric questionnaires at

SUBMITTER: MacLachlan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4470970 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature