Maternal Pain Catastrophizing Score is Related With Children's Postoperative Circumcision Pain

Completed

• Conditions: Pain Catastrophizing
• Interventions: Other: pain catastrophizing scala

• Registration Number: NCT05950126
• Lead Sponsor: Sevda Akdeniz,MD

Brief Summary

The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation of maternal pain catastrophizing score with child's who underwent circumcision postoperative pain. A cross-sectional study and this study was performed at the Samsun University, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Samsun, Türkiye. The mothers were divided into low pain catastrophizing (Group 1) and high pain catastrophizing (Group 2) group. Children's postoperative pain intensity was measured using the visual analog scale (VAS) and a faces pain scale (FPS).

Detailed Description

Now, the study is continuing.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2023-03-01
• Study First Submitted: 2023-07-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-07-10
• Study First Posted: 2023-07-18
• Study Completion: 2023-08-20
• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-11-10
• Last Update Posted: 2024-11-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 197

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 5-12 years,
• Being operated under general anesthesia.

Exclusion Criteria

• Children without biological mothers, or with a parent other than the mother,
• Children aged under five or over 12,
• History of previous surgery,
• Being operated under regional anesthesia,
• Use of analgesic, antiepileptic, or sedative medications, and
• Other procedures being performed in addition to circumcision (such as herniorrhaphy, tonsillectomy, orchiopexy, and appendectomy).

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Group 1	pain catastrophizing scala	low pain catastrophizing score in mother
Group 2	pain catastrophizing scala	high pain catastrophizing score in mother

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
PCS, mother, and child	18 month	Authors will be investigated the relationship between maternal pain catastrophizing score levels and the postoperative pain experienced by the child. Empathy towards pain is necessary to notice, understand, and respond to another person's pain. Children develop empathy towards pain over time, which may be related to social learning.; Pain Catastrophizing scale (PCS): The PCS is a self-assessment questionnaire to examine catastrophizing in clinical and nonclinical populations. The PCS consists of 13 statements containing a number of thoughts and feelings one may experience when having pain. The items are divided into the categories of rumination, magnification and helplessness, with each item scored on a 5-point scale, from 0 (not at all) to 4 (always), people are asked to rate how often they experience the mentioned thoughts and feelings when they are in pain. The overall score has a range of 0-52.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Samsun University; 🇹🇷 Samsun, Turkey