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

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

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05009316

Acronym

POPQUEST

Enrollment

368

Registered

2021-08-17

Start date

2021-09-20

Completion date

2024-03-21

Last updated

2024-04-10

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Conditions

Coping Behavior, Post-Surgical Pain, Chronic, Social Support

Keywords

Pain, Chronic

Brief 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.

Detailed 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.

Interventions

OTHERQuestionnaires

Online-based questionnaires

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Intensity of acute post-surgical pain	Three days after surgery	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.
Development of Persistent post-surgical pain, 3 months	3 months after surgery	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.
Persistent post-surgical pain, 6 months	6 months after surgery	Using the Short Form of the Brief Pain Inventory, pain intensity will be assessed at 6 months.
Pain interference	6 months after surgery	Using the Short Form of the Brief Pain Inventory, pain interference on daily activities will be assessed at 6 months.

Countries

Belgium

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026