Clinical implications and applications of placebo effects: potential for post-operative pain management
Phase 4
- Conditions
- Knee replacement operation with standardized post-operative paimedication according to German guidelines
- Registration Number
- DRKS00009554
- Lead Sponsor
- Dep. of Anaesthesiology, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Inclusion Criteria
Male and female participants that will undergo a knee joint replacement operation with standardized operation and standardized post-operative pain medication
Exclusion Criteria
acute or chronic somatic disorders/pain and/or tumor-related pain, which need additional or special pain therapy; acute and chronic psychiatric disorders (according to DSM-IV), insufficient German language knowledge, cognitive impairment, mind-altering medication
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method subjective ratings of the acute post-operative pain on a numerical rating scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable), before operation and up to five days after operation; at least once a day
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method physical condition (mobility), before operation and on day 4-5 after operation, measured on a numerical rating scale from 0 = full mobility to 100 = no mobility; pain medication consumption<br>