Preoperative Psychosocial and Psychophysical Phenotypes as Predictors of Acute Pain Outcomes After Breast Surgery.

ABSTRACT: The severity and impact of acute pain after breast surgery varies markedly among individuals, underlining the importance of comprehensively identifying specific risk factors, including psychosocial and psychophysical traits. In this prospective observational study, women (n = 234) undergoing breast-conserving surgery, mastectomy, or mastectomy with reconstruction completed a brief bedside quantitative sensory testing battery, along with measures of psychosocial characteristics. Postoperative pain severity, impact, and opioid use at 2 weeks were assessed using Brief Pain Inventory and procedure-specific breast cancer pain questionnaires. Moderate-severe average pain (>3/10) was reported by 29% of patients at 2 weeks. Regression analysis of pain outcomes revealed that pain severity was indep

SUBMITTER: Schreiber KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6511455 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature