Postoperative Pain Management in Hospital and Following Discharge From Hospital.

Trinity Health Of New England

Status: Completed

Conditions: Arthropathy of Knee Joint

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01907178

13-06-002

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate postoperative pain management in patients undergoing knee or hip replacement while they are in the hospital and following discharge to their home. Additionally, sample questions will be asked prior to surgery to predict patient's postoperative pain experience.

Full description

We hypothesize that patients experience more postoperative pain at home than they do in hospital and factors such as preoperative anxiety, depression, and preoperative pain affect the level of postoperative pain experienced by patients. A total of 200 patients undergoing total knee surgery will be enrolled in this observational study. They will be asked to fill a baseline questionnaire including demographic information, medical problems, anxiety, depression, preoperative pain level, etc. Following routine standard anesthesia and surgery, patient's pain will be assessed every 4 hours when they are in the hospital after surgery, then daily assessment for 1 week after they are discharged home followed at 2 months, and 6 months after surgery.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty

Exclusion criteria

• Patients attending rehabilitation facilities after discharge
• unwilling or unable to provide consent

Trial design

200 participants in 1 patient group

Postoperative pain management

Description:

The postoperative pain level will be assessed during hospitalization and at home, in patients undergoing total knee replacement