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

NCT05009316 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: POPQUEST
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 368
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Social Support; Coping Behavior; Post-Surgical Pain, Chronic

Keywords

Pain, Chronic

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Intensity of acute post-surgical pain

  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.

  Three days after surgery

• Development of Persistent post-surgical pain, 3 months

  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.

  3 months after surgery

• Persistent post-surgical pain, 6 months

  Using the Short Form of the Brief Pain Inventory, pain intensity will be assessed at 6 months.

  6 months after surgery

• Pain interference

  Using the Short Form of the Brief Pain Inventory, pain interference on daily activities will be assessed at 6 months.

  6 months after surgery

Study Arms (1)

Questionnaires

EXPERIMENTAL

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

Other: Questionnaires

Interventions

Questionnaires OTHER

Online-based questionnaires

Questionnaires

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Université Catholique de Louvain: lead
• European Commission: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Institute of NeuroScience (IONS) - UCLouvain

Brussels, 1200, Belgium

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pain, Postoperative; Chronic Pain

Interventions

Surveys and Questionnaires

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Postoperative Complications; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• André Mouraux, Ph.D

  Université Catholique de Louvain

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 16, 2021
• First Posted: August 17, 2021
• Study Start: September 20, 2021
• Primary Completion: December 20, 2023
• Study Completion: March 21, 2024
• Last Updated: April 10, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

BE (1)