Investigation of the efficacy of a complex intervention regarding the reduction of chronic post-surgical pain

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00003189

Enrollment

150

Registered

2011-07-20

Start date

2011-09-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

POSTOPERATIVE SCHMERZCHRONIFIZIERUNG R52.2

Interventions

Group 1: Patients of the interventional group will receive a complex intervention consisting of two components: (1) identifying individual potential risk factors which may entail chronic postsurgical

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Target population are patients suffering from traumatic spine injury and disc herniation, undergoing curative-surgical intervention.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria are: cognitive impairment, insufficient knowledge of the German language, and age <18 years.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
chronic post surgical pain assessed via numeric rating scale (NRS 0 – 10) three months after surgery?	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
I) post surgical disability due to pain three months after surgery? Disability is measured with the Pain Disability Index (PDI). II) Quality of acute pain management 1 - 5 days after surgery (side effects (nausea and vomiting) assessed with a checklist, reduction of postoperative acute pain assessed via a numeric rating scale) III) patients’ satisfaction with acute pain management assessed one week after discharge from hospital with a patient questionnaire	—

Measure

Time frame

I) post surgical disability due to pain three months after surgery? Disability is measured with the Pain Disability Index (PDI). II) Quality of acute pain management 1 - 5 days after surgery (side effects (nausea and vomiting) assessed with a checklist, reduction of postoperative acute pain assessed via a numeric rating scale) III) patients’ satisfaction with acute pain management assessed one week after discharge from hospital with a patient questionnaire

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactAstrid Althaus

IFOM - Institut für Forschung in der Operativen Medizin Universität Witten/Herdecke

astrid.althaus@uni-wh.deTel.:+49 (0)221 98957-13

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026