The Chronic Pain Incidence After Elective and Urgent Cesarean Sections

Chronic Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Chronic Pain Incidence After Elective and Urgent Cesarean Sections

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02656264
• Other study ID #: 15-KAEK-028
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 24, 2015
• Last updated: October 19, 2017
• Start date: May 2015
• Est. completion date: May 2016

Study information

• Verified date: April 2017
• Source: Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of whether urgent or elective cesarean section on the occurrance of chronic pain.

Description:

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of whether urgent or elective cesarean section on the occurrance of chronic pain. Patients aged between 18 - 45 years whose underwent urgent or elective cesarean section will be invited to participate in the study. Preoperatively in operating theatre, patients will be asked to complete the pain catastrophizing scale (PCS) questionnaire. In postoperative 6 months after discharge, patients will be called by an investigator who is blind to the study to evaluate the presence of chronic pain. Patients will be asked to grade the pain that they suffer using a numeric rating scale for the intensity of pain.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: May 2016
• Est. primary completion date: May 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 45 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Female

• 18 - 45 years of age

• underwent elective or urgent cesarean section

Exclusion Criteria:

• not willing to participate in the study

• can not reach by phone

• use of anti-psychotic or anti-depressant drugs

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Pain

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Gaziosmanpasa University	Tokat

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	numeric rating scale		One time when calling the patient, an avarage of three months
Secondary	pain catastrophizing scale		one time in operating theatre, an avarage of three months
Secondary	presence of chronic pain using numeric rating scale		One time when calling the patient, an avarage of three months