Validation of the Gendolcat Score for the Prognosis of Chronic Postoperative Pain in Cesarean Section.
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 371
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Short Edition of the Brief Pain Inventory
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Chronic post-surgical pain is a problem that has historically been underestimated. Over the last few years there has been a search for strategies to both predict and prevent its occurrence in patients undergoing surgery. The Gendolcat index is the only predictive model that uses only objective pre-surgical variables to assess the risk of suffering chronic post-surgical pain. However, it is only validated for the following surgeries: thoracotomy, hysterectomy and open inguinal hernia. Our aim is to test whether the Gendolcat model is also valid for cesarean section.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Cohort
- Time Perspective
- Prospective
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- Female
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients who underwent elective caesarean section.
- •Patients who have previously signed the informed consent form.
- •Exclusion Criteria
- •Urgent cesarean section.
- •Patients with severe psychiatric pathology.
- •Patients who require a different surgical approach than usual.
- •Patients who refuse to take part in the study and/or to sign the informed consent form.
- •informed consent.
- •Patients with a high language barrier.
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Short Edition of the Brief Pain Inventory
Time Frame: Done during physical examination will be performed 3 months after cesarean section.
Rapidly assesses the severity of pain and its impact on functioning
Numeric Pain Scale
Time Frame: Done during physical examination will be performed 3 months after cesarean section.
Patients are asked to circle the number between 0 and 10, 0 and 20 or 0 and 100 that fits best to their pain intensity
DN4 Questionnaire
Time Frame: Done during physical examination will be performed 3 months after cesarean section.
To estimate the probability of neuropathic pain
Gendolcat score
Time Frame: The Gendolcat score will be assessed on the day patients are included in the study
The Gendolcat score assesses the likelihood of suffering chronic post-surgical pain
Categoric Pain Scale
Time Frame: Done during physical examination will be performed 3 months after cesarean section.
These pain scales give people a simple way to rate their pain intensity using a verbal or visual descriptor of their pain.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Carles Espinos Ramírez
M.D.
Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa