Impact of Social Support and Coping Strategies on Post-Surgical Pain

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Social Support; Post-Surgical Pain, Chronic; Coping Behavior
• Interventions: Other: Questionnaires

• Registration Number: NCT05009316
• Lead Sponsor: Université Catholique de Louvain

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the impact of social support and pain coping strategies in the development and evolution of post-surgical pain.

Detailed Description

This is a longitudinal study. After giving their informed consent, patients will answer online questionnaires assessing pain and different psychosocial variables at these time points: before surgery, one to three days after surgery, and one, three, and six months after surgery.

The psychosocial variables evaluated are the following ones :

* Depression,

* Anxiety,

* Stress,

* Pain Coping Strategies,

* Social Support,

* Couple Support.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-08-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-08-16
• Study First Posted: 2021-08-17
• Study Start: 2021-09-20
• Primary Completion: 2023-12-20
• Study Completion: 2024-03-21
• Status Verified: 2024-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-04-08
• Last Update Posted: 2024-04-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 368

Inclusion Criteria

• Aged over 18 years of age.
• Capacity to understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent form in French.

Exclusion Criteria

• Insufficient French language skills.
• History of psychotic disease.
• History of neurodegenerative pathology.
• History of neurological disease (e.g. stroke)
• Pre-existing pain condition related to the reason for surgery

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Questionnaires	Questionnaires	Patients will answer online surveys containing different questionnaires that will evaluate psychosocial variables as well as pain variables.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain interference	6 months after surgery	Using the Short Form of the Brief Pain Inventory, pain interference on daily activities will be assessed at 6 months.
Intensity of acute post-surgical pain	Three days after surgery	Questions from the Short Form of the Brief Pain Inventory (translated in French) will be used to assess the intensity of the pain on a numeric rating scale (from 0 to 10) during the three days following surgery.
Development of Persistent post-surgical pain, 3 months	3 months after surgery	Using the Short Form of the Brief Pain Inventory, pain will be assessed at three months to determine whether patients will have developed chronic pain.
Persistent post-surgical pain, 6 months	6 months after surgery	Using the Short Form of the Brief Pain Inventory, pain intensity will be assessed at 6 months.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Institute of NeuroScience (IONS) - UCLouvain; 🇧🇪 Brussels, Belgium