Chronic Pain After Thoracotomy, an Incidence Study

Rigshospitalet

Status: Completed

Conditions: Thoracotomy; Chronic Pain

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00746213

2007-58-0015

H-B-2008-059

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is an investigation on the frequency of chronic pain after thoracotomy for lung cancer. Factors relating to the development of chronic pain are investigated. Questionnaire survey.

Enrollment: 1,340 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Able to understand and give consent
• Can read
• Residing in Denmark

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to understand the written information in Danish
• Abuse (Medicine, Drugs, Alcohol)
• Severe psychiatric Illness
• Conflicting neurological disease