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Evaluation of Pain Trajectories After Surgery and Their Potential Relationship With Chronicity at 3 Months

Conditions
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Chronic Pain
Pain
Interventions
Other: In hospital pain evaluation
Other: In hospital questionnaires
Other: Telephone contact at 3 months
Registration Number
NCT05326737
Lead Sponsor
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Brief Summary

The effective management of acute postoperative pain remains a daily challenge despite the organizational efforts made and the techniques put in place.

Thirty percent of patients who undergo surgery suffer from chronic post-surgical pain, of which 5 to 10% are of severe intensity. Many preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative factors, related to the patient, the surgical procedure, or the anesthetic technique, have been incriminated as risk factors for chronic post-surgical pain. The severity of acute postoperative pain is recognized as one of the risk factors for the occurrence of chronic post-surgical pain on which we can hope to interact during the peri-operative period.

In this cohort study, we wish to define the typologies of postoperative pain trajectories observed from Day 0 to Day 7 and to estimate the proportion of patients with an abnormal resolution of pain in a model of organization such as that of our institution, in classic hospitalization and in ambulatory care.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
5000
Inclusion Criteria
  • The patient must be insured or beneficiary of a health insurance plan
  • The patient is available for 3 months of follow-up
  • The patient has undergone a planned surgical procedure in one of the participating departments
  • The patient is willing and able to respond to the study questionnaires
Exclusion Criteria
  • The patient is participating in another study
  • The patient is in an exclusion period determined by a previous study
  • The patient is under judicial protection, under tutorship or curatorship
  • It is impossible to correctly inform the patient
  • Patient admitted to the ICU and still intubated at day 1

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
The study populationIn hospital questionnairesThe study population consists of adult surgery patients at the Nîmes University Hospital, with recruitment based on the operating theater program and for a predefined list of surgeries.
The study populationIn hospital pain evaluationThe study population consists of adult surgery patients at the Nîmes University Hospital, with recruitment based on the operating theater program and for a predefined list of surgeries.
The study populationTelephone contact at 3 monthsThe study population consists of adult surgery patients at the Nîmes University Hospital, with recruitment based on the operating theater program and for a predefined list of surgeries.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The pain trajectory for the first 7 post-operative days.Day 7

The pain trajectory is the change in pain level evaluated by verbal numerical pain (from 0 to 10) from day 0 (surgery) to day 7.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The EuroQuol EQ5D5L questionnairemonth 3

The descriptive system comprises five dimensions: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression. Each dimension has 5 levels: no problems, slight problems, moderate problems, severe problems and extreme problems. The patient is asked to indicate his/her health state by ticking the box next to the most appropriate statement in each of the five dimensions. This decision results in a 1-digit number that expresses the level selected for that dimension. The digits for the five dimensions can be combined into a 5-digit number that describes the patient's health state.

Have you had complications from your surgery? yes/nomonth 3

Have you had complications from your surgery? yes/no

Cumulative consumption of antalgic drugsday 7

Cumulative consumption of antalgic drugs

The DN4 questionnairemonth 3

The Douleur Neuropathique 4 (DN4) questionnaire was developed by the French Neuropathic Pain Group and is a simple and objective tool, with the ability to distinguish nociceptive from neuropathic pain

Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS)day -1 or day +1

The Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) is a 13-item self-report measure designed to assess catastrophic thinking related to pain among adults with or without chronic pain.

Since the surgery, do you have persistent pain? yes/nomonth 3

Since the surgery, do you have persistent pain? yes/no

Verbal numerical scale for pain (ranging from 0 to 10)month 3

Verbal numerical scale for pain (ranging from 0 to 10)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHRU de Nîmes - Hôpital Universitaire Carémeau

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Nîmes Cedex 09, France

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