Pain-related psychological correlates of pediatric acute post-surgical pain
| dc.contributor.author | Pagé, M. Gabrielle | |
| dc.contributor.author | Stinson, Jennifer | |
| dc.contributor.author | Campbell, Fiona | |
| dc.contributor.author | Issac, Lisa | |
| dc.contributor.author | Katz, Joel | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-20T18:31:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-10-20T18:31:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 12/11/2012 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Post-surgical pain is prevalent in children, yet is significantly understudied. The goals of this study were to examine gender differences in pain outcomes and pain-related psychological constructs postoperatively and to identify pain-related psychological correlates of acute post-surgical pain (APSP) and predictors of functional disability 2 weeks after hospital discharge. Methods: Eighty-three children aged 8–18 (mean 13.8 ± 2.4) years who underwent major orthopedic or general surgery completed pain and pain-related psychological measures 48–72 hours and 2 weeks after surgery. Results: Girls reported higher levels of acute postoperative anxiety and pain unpleasantness compared with boys. In addition, pain anxiety was significantly associated with APSP intensity and functional disability 2 weeks after discharge, whereas pain catastrophizing was associated with APSP unpleasantness. Conclusion: These results highlight the important role played by pain-related psychological factors in the experience of pediatric APSP by children and adolescents. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | MGP is supported by a Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. MGP is the recipient of a Lillian Wright Maternal Child Health Scholarship from York University, and a trainee member of Pain in Child Health and a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Training Fellow in Pain: Molecules to Community. JS is supported by a Ministry of Health and Long-term Care Career Scientist Award. JK is supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Canada Research Chair in Health Psychology at York University. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Pain Research 2012:5 547–558 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1178-7090 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10315/26489 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Dove Medical Press Ltd. | en_US |
| dc.rights | Original publication in: Journal of Pain Research, Dove Medical Press, Ltd. | en_US |
| dc.rights.article | http://www.dovepress.com/pain-related-psychological-correlates-of-pediatric-acute-post-surgical-peer-reviewed-article-JPR | |
| dc.rights.journal | http://www.dovepress.com/journal-of-pain-research-journal | en_US |
| dc.rights.publisher | http://www.dovepress.com/ | en_US |
| dc.subject | acute post-surgical pain, children, adolescents, pain anxiety, pain catastrophizing | en_US |
| dc.title | Pain-related psychological correlates of pediatric acute post-surgical pain | |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |