The Association Between Preoperative Pain Catastrophizing and Chronic Pain After Hysterectomy - Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Hysterectomy is associated with a high incidence of chronic post-hysterectomy pain (CPHP). Pain catastrophizing, a negative cognitive-affective response to pain, is associated with various pain disorders but its role in CPHP is unclear. We aimed to determine the association of high preoperative pain catastrophizing with CPHP development and functional impairment 4 months after surgery.

Patients and methods

Secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study of women undergoing abdominal/laparoscopic hysterectomy to investigate the association between high pain catastrophizing (pain catastrophizing scale, PCS≥20) with CPHP and associated functional impairment (defined as impairment with standing for ≥30 minutes, sitting for ≥30 minutes, or walking up or down stairs). CPH

SUBMITTER: Tan HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7468410 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature