Maternal Pain Catastrophizing Score is Related With Children's Postoperative Circumcision Pain

Sevda Akdeniz,MD

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain Catastrophizing

Treatments: Other: pain catastrophizing scala

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05950126

B.30.2.ODM.0.20.08/80-165

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation of maternal pain catastrophizing score with child's who underwent circumcision postoperative pain. A cross-sectional study and this study was performed at the Samsun University, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Samsun, Türkiye. The mothers were divided into low pain catastrophizing (Group 1) and high pain catastrophizing (Group 2) group. Children's postoperative pain intensity was measured using the visual analog scale (VAS) and a faces pain scale (FPS).

Full description

Now, the study is continuing.

Enrollment: 197 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 5 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 5-12 years,
• Being operated under general anesthesia.

Exclusion criteria

• Children without biological mothers, or with a parent other than the mother,
• Children aged under five or over 12,
• History of previous surgery,
• Being operated under regional anesthesia,
• Use of analgesic, antiepileptic, or sedative medications, and
• Other procedures being performed in addition to circumcision (such as herniorrhaphy, tonsillectomy, orchiopexy, and appendectomy).

Trial design

197 participants in 2 patient groups

Group 1

Description:

low pain catastrophizing score in mother

Treatment:

Other: pain catastrophizing scala

Group 2

Description:

high pain catastrophizing score in mother

Treatment:

Other: pain catastrophizing scala