Psychosocial predictors of acute and chronic pain in adolescents undergoing major musculoskeletal surgery

Acute and chronic pain are common experiences after major surgery. Compared to younger children, adolescents are at elevated risk for both acute and chronic pain following surgery.22,46 Negative consequences include delayed recovery and impaired health-related quality of life (HRQOL),45,47,49 making effective pain management a high priority. Despite high prevalence of acute pain (>50%)37,45 and chronic pain (20%),19,26,38,47,53 risk factors for postsurgical pain in youth remain largely unknown.51 Given the influence of a large range of biopsychosocial factors on development of chronic pain,14 it is possible that a different set of risk factors may predict acute versus chronic pain.
Source: The Journal of Pain - Category: Materials Science Authors: Tags: Original Reports Source Type: research