Brendan Carvalho1, Ming Zheng, Leinani Aiono-Le Tagaloa. 1. From the *Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California; and †Department of Anaesthesia and Pain, Auckland Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Psychological characteristics may affect interpretation and expression of pain. In this study, we sought to determine whether validated psychological tests predict the labor pain experience. METHODS: Thirty-nine women with singleton term or post-term pregnancies undergoing induction of labor and successful vaginal delivery comprised the study population for this prospective observational study. Four validated psychological questionnaires (Anxiety Sensitivity Index [ASI], Fear of Pain [FPQIII], Pain Catastrophizing Scale [PCS]), and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Short Scale) and 3-scaled ratings of anxiety, confidence, and analgesic expectations were completed before onset of labor. Outcome measures included time to epidural analgesia request, pain at request for epidural analgesia, area under the pain × time curve (AUC), epidural local anesthetic use per hour, and maternal satisfaction with analgesia. The relationship between psychological predictors and clinical responses was assessed using bivariate correlations and regression modeling. RESULTS: Labor pain AUC (R = 0.45, P = 0.006), epidural local anesthetic use (R = 0.45, P = 0.019), and time to epidural analgesia request (R = 0.36, P = 0.015) were predicted with models incorporating some of the prelabor predictors. ASI, PCS, personality traits (lying, extroversion, psychoticism), and scaled ratings of anxiety, confidence, and analgesic expectations all contributed to the regression models of the outcomes. After proper model selection, neither FPQIII nor PCS was in the final multivariate linear regression model for labor pain AUC, although ASI was still included (P = 0.022). There was no significant correlation between ASI and self-reported anxiety (r = 0.03, P = 0.91). CONCLUSIONS: Personality traits (psychoticism, extroversion, and lying), as well as scaled ratings of anxiety, confidence, and analgesia expectations, show some potential to predict labor pain, epidural local anesthetic use, and time to epidural analgesia request. Although ASI was included in the final model for labor pain AUC, and FPQ and PCS were not, further study is required to determine whether ASI is a better predictor than FPQ or PCS.
BACKGROUND: Psychological characteristics may affect interpretation and expression of pain. In this study, we sought to determine whether validated psychological tests predict the labor pain experience. METHODS: Thirty-nine women with singleton term or post-term pregnancies undergoing induction of labor and successful vaginal delivery comprised the study population for this prospective observational study. Four validated psychological questionnaires (Anxiety Sensitivity Index [ASI], Fear of Pain [FPQIII], Pain Catastrophizing Scale [PCS]), and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Short Scale) and 3-scaled ratings of anxiety, confidence, and analgesic expectations were completed before onset of labor. Outcome measures included time to epidural analgesia request, pain at request for epidural analgesia, area under the pain × time curve (AUC), epidural local anesthetic use per hour, and maternal satisfaction with analgesia. The relationship between psychological predictors and clinical responses was assessed using bivariate correlations and regression modeling. RESULTS:Labor pain AUC (R = 0.45, P = 0.006), epidural local anesthetic use (R = 0.45, P = 0.019), and time to epidural analgesia request (R = 0.36, P = 0.015) were predicted with models incorporating some of the prelabor predictors. ASI, PCS, personality traits (lying, extroversion, psychoticism), and scaled ratings of anxiety, confidence, and analgesic expectations all contributed to the regression models of the outcomes. After proper model selection, neither FPQIII nor PCS was in the final multivariate linear regression model for labor pain AUC, although ASI was still included (P = 0.022). There was no significant correlation between ASI and self-reported anxiety (r = 0.03, P = 0.91). CONCLUSIONS: Personality traits (psychoticism, extroversion, and lying), as well as scaled ratings of anxiety, confidence, and analgesia expectations, show some potential to predict labor pain, epidural local anesthetic use, and time to epidural analgesia request. Although ASI was included in the final model for labor pain AUC, and FPQ and PCS were not, further study is required to determine whether ASI is a better predictor than FPQ or PCS.
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