Acute Postoperative Pain Prevalence and Intensity in the First 72 Hours

NCT06065683 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: Acute pain
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 350
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Postoperative pain is poorly studied in developing countries. Severe pain after surgery remains a major problem, occurring in 50% to 70% of the patients. Differences exist across countries. Despite numerous published studies, the degree of pain following many types of surgery in everyday clinical practice is unknown. To improve postoperative pain treatment and develop procedure-specific, optimized pain-treatment protocols, the prevalence and severity of postoperative pain must first be identified. This study aimed to determine the incidence and intensity of acute postoperative pain, to identify populations associated with a higher risk in order to guide resource allocation, and to investigate whether inexpensive analgesic modalities are currently utilized maximally.

Conditions

Post Operative Pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Prevalence of postoperative pain in the first 72 hrs

  prevalence of postoperative pain , at 2nd, 4th, 8th, 12th, 24th, 48th and 72nd hr.

  72 hours

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Intensity of postoperative pain in the first 72 hrs.

  72 hours

Study Arms (5)

T2 hour

Procedure: surgery

T12 hour

Procedure: surgery

T24 hour

Procedure: surgery

T48 hour

Procedure: surgery

T72 hour

Procedure: surgery

Interventions

surgery PROCEDURE

Surgical procedures performed in the study period

T12 hour; T2 hour; T24 hour; T48 hour; T72 hour

Eligibility Criteria

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

Study Population

All eligible patients who will be undergo elective major abdominal, gynecologic, urologic, obstetric and orthopedic surgeries at Dessie comprehensive specialized hospital in the course of study period

You may qualify if:

• Age ≥18 years old
• Able to provide informed consent
• Able to verbalize or indicate pain by using a traditional verbal scale such as the numeric rating scale at the 2nd hr. of Post anesthesia care unit arrival.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients unable to self-report acute pain
• Patients with a history of chronic pain, moderate to high acute pain previous to surgery.
• Patients with a previous diagnosis of chronic cognitive impairment (Dementia, Alzheimer …)
• Patients with a previous diagnosis of Neurologic impairment (paraplegia, q quadriplegia…)
• The patients excluded from the study will be patients with mental and psychological problems.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Wollo University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Wollo Univeersity

Dessie, 1145, Ethiopia

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pain, Postoperative

Interventions

Surgical Procedures, Operative

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Sara Timerga

  Wollo University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Lecturer

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 1, 2023
• First Posted: October 4, 2023
• Study Start: September 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: January 30, 2023
• Study Completion: July 30, 2023
• Last Updated: October 10, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-10

Locations

ET (1)