Parental misconceptions about pain medication and their child’s pain at home

Parental misconceptions about pain medication, parental pain medication adherence and their child’s pain at home after daycare surgery - A prospective observational cohort study

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN15852461

Enrollment

285

Registered

2023-06-14

Start date

2023-06-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-06-26

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Conditions

Study of parental misconceptions about pain medication and their child’s pain at home Not Applicable

Interventions

This is a prospective analytic observational longitudinal cohort study up to three days postoperatively. Firstly, this study aims to assess parental misconceptions about the child’s pain medication. S

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Parents who accompany their child aged between 3 months and 15 years old for a surgical intervention under anesthesia in daycare 2. The children undergo different kinds of surgery (general, orthopedic, urologic, maxillofacial and ear nose throat surgery) 3. Children with American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status (ASA I-II) 4. Parents with a good understanding of the Dutch language 5. Written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Parents of a child with a known mental/cognitive retardation 2. Parents of children with an American Society Anesthesiologists ASA physical status > II 3. When the parent no longer wishes to participate 4. When a life-threatening situation occurs during the procedure (f.i. asystole) 5. When re-intervention is required as a result of subsequent bleeding after a tonsillectomy 6. When the child has to be admitted because of constant nausea/vomiting

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Parental misconception about their child's pain medication measured using the Medication Attitude Questionnaire (MAQ) at baseline. 2. Pain at home measured by the parents using the Parents’ Postoperative Pain Measure (PPPM) and a Numerical Rating scale – Pain (NRS-P), both scales twice a day during the three consecutive postoperative days 3. Parental adherence to the pain management of their child at home measured using the total number of pain medications given to their child, once a day during three postoperative days	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Parental misconception about their child's pain medication measured using the Medication Attitude Questionnaire (MAQ) at baseline. 2. Pain at home measured by the parents using the Parents’ Postoperative Pain Measure (PPPM) and a Numerical Rating scale – Pain (NRS-P), both scales twice a day during the three consecutive postoperative days 3. Parental adherence to the pain management of their child at home measured using the total number of pain medications given to their child, once a day during three postoperative days

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. State Anxiety measured using the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS) at baseline (once) 2. Parental distress and sympathy measured using Numerical Rating Scales (NRS-distress and NRS-sympathy) at baseline 3. The expected postoperative pain measured using the Expected Numerical Rating Scale postoperative pain (NRS-P-expected) at baseline 4. Health beliefs measured using the Parental Health Beliefs scale (HBS) at baseline 5. Trait pain Catastrophizing measured using the Trait Pain Catastrophizing Scale for parents – Trait (PCS-P-Trait) at baseline 6. State pain catastrophizing measured using the State Pain Catastrophizing Scale for parents – State (PCS-P-State) at baseline	—

Measure

Time frame

1. State Anxiety measured using the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS) at baseline (once) 2. Parental distress and sympathy measured using Numerical Rating Scales (NRS-distress and NRS-sympathy) at baseline 3. The expected postoperative pain measured using the Expected Numerical Rating Scale postoperative pain (NRS-P-expected) at baseline 4. Health beliefs measured using the Parental Health Beliefs scale (HBS) at baseline 5. Trait pain Catastrophizing measured using the Trait Pain Catastrophizing Scale for parents – Trait (PCS-P-Trait) at baseline 6. State pain catastrophizing measured using the State Pain Catastrophizing Scale for parents – State (PCS-P-State) at baseline

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Countries

Belgium

Contacts

Public ContactJohan Berghmans

johan.berghmans@zna.be+3232803995

Outcome results

None listed

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