4P: Persistent Postoperative Pediatric Pain

Region Halland

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postoperative Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Scheduled surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06035042

2022-04821

Details and patient eligibility

About

For children, adequate perioperative pain management is a right according to the UN convention on the rights of the child, a law in Sweden since 2020. Despite this, children are still under-treated in many cases. In addition to great suffering, this can lead to missing school and a long-term burden on the society.

ESPA, the European Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, has drawn up guidelines for perioperative pain management. With the study 4P: Persistent Postoperative Pediatric Pain, we want to investigate whether these guidelines are followed and how many children develop long-term pain postoperatively.

In order to map the prevalence of pain after surgery in children in Sweden, the investigators plan to include and follow 2000 children in southern Sweden who undergo surgery. The study provides a unique opportunity to follow a large number of children, evaluate given per- and postoperative pain treatment and identify factors linked to the development of acute and long-term postoperative pain. Our goal is to optimize peri- and postoperative pediatric pain management to promote rapid recovery after surgery.

Enrollment: 1,000 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 1-17 years
• Scheduled surgery for hernia, penile surgery, retentio testis, adenotonsillectomy, appendectomy or acute fracture in southern Sweden.
• Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Scheduled for several surgeries within the time-frame
• Inability to understand swedish
• Inability to understand the meaning of participation.