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Epidemiological Study of Post-operative Chronic Pediatric Pain.

Completed
Conditions
Postoperative Pain
Chronic Pain
Interventions
Other: Pain questionnaire
Registration Number
NCT04068350
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Bordeaux
Brief Summary

This study aims to estimate prevalence and determine risk factors for chronic pain at 3 months post-operative in pediatric surgery.

Detailed Description

Chronic pain, defined as continuous or intermittent pain for 3 months or more, postoperative because in the territory of the surgical procedure and does not exist before the operation, is common in adults. Its prevalence varies according to the surgeries between 10 and 50% of the operated adults. The factors potentially responsible for their occurrence are gradually being highlighted in the recent literature, which has made it possible to develop an appropriate analgesic management strategy.

In pediatric surgery, acute pain has long been known and treated as early as possible using multimodal analgesic techniques. On the other hand, there are very few studies evaluating postoperative chronic pain 3 months after infant surgery, as was the case a few years ago in adults.

This study aims to estimate prevalence and determine risk factors for chronic pain at 3 months post-operative in pediatric surgery.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
582
Inclusion Criteria

All children between the ages of 6 and 18, who are scheduled for surgery or video-surgery, scheduled or urgent, in the pediatric surgery department of the Bordeaux University Hospital.

All patients who consented to participate in the research.

Exclusion Criteria
  • All children operated on outpatient surgery.
  • Children and parents with difficulties in understanding the questionnaires.
  • Refusal of the child or one of the parents.
  • Change of home planned during the post-operative follow-up period (3 months).

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Single armPain questionnaireThe evaluation at 3 months of the postoperative pain will be carried out without the information collected in preoperative and immediate postoperative.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Chronic postoperative pain3 months after surgery

Visual analogic scale from 0 to 100: (between 0 and 30: low pain, between 30 and 60: moderate pain, between 60 and 100: severe pain)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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