Relationship between acute pain trajectories after an emergency department visit and chronic pain: a Canadian prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Inadequate acute pain management can reduce the quality of life, cause unnecessary suffering and can often lead to the development of chronic pain. Using group-based trajectory modelling, we previously identified six distinct pain intensity trajectories for the first 14-day postemergency department (ED) discharge; two linear ones with moderate or severe pain during follow-up (~40% of the patients) and four cubic polynomial order trajectories with mild or no pain at the end of the 14 days (low final pain trajectories). We assessed if previously described acute pain intensity trajectories over 14 days after ED discharge are predictive of chronic pain 3 months later.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Tertiary care trauma centre academic hospital.

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SUBMITTER: Daoust R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7722811 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature