F Hetmann1, U E Kongsgaard2, L Sandvik3, I Schou-Bredal4. 1. Department of Nursing, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Oslo, Norway and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. 2. Department of Anaesthesiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. 3. Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. 4. Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Persistent post-surgical pain is recognised as a major problem. Prevalence after different surgical procedures has been reported to range from 5% up to 85%. Limb amputation and thoracotomy have the highest reported prevalence. Prediction of persistent post-surgical pain has over the last decade caught attention. Several factors have been investigated, but in-depth knowledge is still scarce. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of persistent post-surgical pain, and predictive factors for persistent post-surgical pain 12 months after thoracotomy. METHODS: A prospective longitudinal study was conducted. One-hundred and seventy patients were recruited before scheduled thoracotomy, and asked to answer a questionnaire. One-hundred and six patients completed the same questionnaire at 12-month follow-up. Regression analysis was performed to explore variables assumed predictive of persistent post-surgical pain. RESULTS: One-hundred and six patients (62%) filled out the questionnaire at both time points. Preoperative, 34% reported muscle-skeletal related chronic pain. At 12-month follow-up, 50% of the patients reported persistent post-surgical pain. Of the variables explored in the logistic regression model, only preoperative pain (P < 0.001) and dispositional optimism (P = 0.04) were statistically significant. In this study, preoperative pain was a predominant predictor for persistent postoperative pain (OR 6.97, CI 2.40-20.21), while dispositional optimism (OR 0.36, CI 0.14-0.96) seem to have protective properties. CONCLUSION: Our results show that preoperative pain is a predominant predictor of future pain. This implies that patients presenting with a chronic pain condition prior to surgery should be assessed thoroughly preoperatively and have an individually tailored analgesic regimen.
BACKGROUND: Persistent post-surgical pain is recognised as a major problem. Prevalence after different surgical procedures has been reported to range from 5% up to 85%. Limb amputation and thoracotomy have the highest reported prevalence. Prediction of persistent post-surgical pain has over the last decade caught attention. Several factors have been investigated, but in-depth knowledge is still scarce. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of persistent post-surgical pain, and predictive factors for persistent post-surgical pain 12 months after thoracotomy. METHODS: A prospective longitudinal study was conducted. One-hundred and seventy patients were recruited before scheduled thoracotomy, and asked to answer a questionnaire. One-hundred and six patients completed the same questionnaire at 12-month follow-up. Regression analysis was performed to explore variables assumed predictive of persistent post-surgical pain. RESULTS: One-hundred and six patients (62%) filled out the questionnaire at both time points. Preoperative, 34% reported muscle-skeletal related chronic pain. At 12-month follow-up, 50% of the patients reported persistent post-surgical pain. Of the variables explored in the logistic regression model, only preoperative pain (P < 0.001) and dispositional optimism (P = 0.04) were statistically significant. In this study, preoperative pain was a predominant predictor for persistent postoperative pain (OR 6.97, CI 2.40-20.21), while dispositional optimism (OR 0.36, CI 0.14-0.96) seem to have protective properties. CONCLUSION: Our results show that preoperative pain is a predominant predictor of future pain. This implies that patients presenting with a chronic pain condition prior to surgery should be assessed thoroughly preoperatively and have an individually tailored analgesic regimen.
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