Pediatric Pain Screening Tool: A Simple 9-Item Questionnaire Predicts Functional and Chronic Postsurgical Pain Outcomes After Major Musculoskeletal Surgeries.

ABSTRACT: Reliable, clinic-friendly screening for Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) risk is unavailable. Within a prospective, observational study, we evaluated Pediatric Pain Screening Tool (PPST), a concise 9-item questionnaire, as a preoperative screening tool to identify those at higher risk for CPSP (Numerical Rating Scale > 3/10 beyond 3 months post-surgery) and poor function (disability/Functional Disability Inventory [FDI]/quality of life/ Pediatric Quality of Life) after spine fusion and Nuss procedures. Incidence of CPSP was 34.86% (38/109). We confirmed PPST scale stability, test re-test reliability (ICC = 0.68; P< .001); PPST measures were positively correlated with known CPSP risk factors (P< .001) preoperative pain (Pearson or Spearman Correlation Coefficient [SCC]:0.672), Child anxiety

SUBMITTER: Narayanasamy S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8783955 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature