acute postoperative pain
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Women: voluntariness, declaration of consent, elective heart surgery, sufficient German knowledge of German, between 40 and 90 years; men: voluntariness, declaration of consent, elective heart surgery, sufficient German knowledge of German, between 40 and 90 years
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria were any psychiatric disorders (e.g., known depression or BDI-II score = 29 [see below]), chronic pain states (e.g., back pain, rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia), patients taking opioids, missing language skills and states like dementia or confusion, as well as declination of participation. Postoperative exclusion criteria were ongoing analgosedation by means of ventilation via endotracheal tube, delirium or revocation of previous given consent.
Design outcomes
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| preoperative: anxiety, depression postoperative: PONV | — |
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| postoperative pain intensity in dependence of investigator gender | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensiv-, Palliativ- und Schmerzmedizin; Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil, Bochum