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

Coping Behavior Clinical Trial

— POPQUEST  

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05009316
• Other study ID #: POPQUEST
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 20, 2021
• Est. completion date: March 21, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: Université Catholique de Louvain
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Description:

This is a longitudinal study. After giving their informed consent, patients will answer online questionnaires assessing pain and different psychosocial variables at these time points: before surgery, one to three days after surgery, and one, three, and six months after surgery. The psychosocial variables evaluated are the following ones : - Depression, - Anxiety, - Stress, - Pain Coping Strategies, - Social Support, - Couple Support.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 368
• Est. completion date: March 21, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: December 20, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

• 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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Pain
• Coping Behavior
• Pain, Postoperative
• Social Support

Intervention

Other:
• Questionnaires
Online-based questionnaires

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Belgium	Institute of NeuroScience (IONS) - UCLouvain	Brussels

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Université Catholique de Louvain	European Commission

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	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
Primary	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
Primary	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
Primary	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