Research Article

Factors associated with severe postoperative pain in patients with total hip arthroplasty

Volume: 48 Number: 6 January 16, 2015
  • Nadezda M. Petrovic
  • Dragan R. Milovanovic
  • Dragana İgnjatovic Ristic
  • Nikola Riznic
  • Branko Ristic
  • Zeljko Stepanovic
TR EN

Factors associated with severe postoperative pain in patients with total hip arthroplasty

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the risk factors for the development of postoperative pain following total hip arthroplasty, particularly those connected with psychological distress and personality traits.

Methods: The study included 90 patients with complaints of postoperative pain following cemented total hip replacement divided into two groups based on the intensity of postoperative pain as measured using the numerical rating scale (NRS). Patients with NRS scores of 5 or higher were included in the study group and those with NRS of less than 5 were included in the control group. The Hamilton scales for anxiety and depression and the DS14 test for the identification of Type D personality were used for psychological evaluation.

Results: In the study group, more patients were female (29 vs. 13) and had more anxiety (13 vs. 3), depression symptoms (11 vs. 2), and Type D personality (18 vs. 9) than the control group. Mean preoperative NRS was 7.2±1.7 in the study and 6.0±1.2 in the control group (p<0.001). Factors associated with development of strong postoperative pain was female gender (OR=4.91, 95% CI=2.01 to 12.01, p<0.001), Type D personality (OR=2.81, CI=1.17 to 7.32, p=0.030), severe anxiety (OR=6.01, CI=1.58 to 22.90, p=0.009), depressive symptoms (OR=7.33, CI=1.52 to 35.34, p=0.013) and subjects with marked preoperative painful condition (OR=2.64, CI=1.17 to 5.44, p<0.001).

Conclusion: Patients with severe anxiety, depression and Type D personality appear to be at risk of developing severe postoperative pain. In addition, female gender and the intensity of pain immediately after procedure were found to be important risk factors.

Keywords

References

  1. Apfelbaum JL, Chen C, Mehta SS, Gan TJ. Postopera- tive pain experience: results from a national survey suggest postoperative pain continues to be undermanaged. Anesth Analg 2003;97:534-40. CrossRef
  2. Sinatra R. Causes and consequences of inadequate man- agement of acute pain. Pain Med 2010;11:1859-71. CrossRef
  3. Dahmani S, Dupont H, Mantz J, Desmonts JM, Keita H. Predictive factors of early morphine requirements in the post-anaesthesia care unit (PACU). Br J Anaesth 2001;87:385-9. CrossRef
  4. Caumo W, Schmidt AP, Schneider CN, Bergmann J, Iwa- moto CW, Adamatti LC, et al. Preoperative predictors of moderate to intense acute postoperative pain in patients undergoing abdominal surgery. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2002;46:1265-71. CrossRef
  5. Kalkman CJ, Visser K, Moen J, Bonsel GJ, Grobbee DE, Moons KG. Preoperative prediction of severe postopera- tive pain. Pain 2003;105:415-23. CrossRef
  6. Nikolajsen L, Minella CE. Acute postoperative pain as a risk factor for chronic pain after surgery. Eur J Pain Suppl 2009;3:29-32. CrossRef
  7. Foss NB, Kristensen MT, Palm H, Kehlet H. Postopera- tive pain after hip fracture is procedure specific. Br J An- aesth 2009;102:111-6. CrossRef
  8. Thomas T, Robinson C, Champion D, McKell M, Pell M. Prediction and assessment of the severity of post- operative pain and of satisfaction with management. Pain 1998;75:177-85. CrossRef

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Nadezda M. Petrovic This is me

Dragan R. Milovanovic This is me

Dragana İgnjatovic Ristic This is me

Nikola Riznic This is me

Branko Ristic This is me

Zeljko Stepanovic This is me

Publication Date

January 16, 2015

Submission Date

January 16, 2015

Acceptance Date

-

Published in Issue

Year 2014 Volume: 48 Number: 6

APA
Petrovic, N. M., Milovanovic, D. R., Ristic, D. İ., Riznic, N., Ristic, B., & Stepanovic, Z. (2015). Factors associated with severe postoperative pain in patients with total hip arthroplasty. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 48(6), 615-622. https://doi.org/10.3944/AOTT.2014.14.0177
AMA
1.Petrovic NM, Milovanovic DR, Ristic Dİ, Riznic N, Ristic B, Stepanovic Z. Factors associated with severe postoperative pain in patients with total hip arthroplasty. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2015;48(6):615-622. doi:10.3944/AOTT.2014.14.0177
Chicago
Petrovic, Nadezda M., Dragan R. Milovanovic, Dragana İgnjatovic Ristic, Nikola Riznic, Branko Ristic, and Zeljko Stepanovic. 2015. “Factors Associated With Severe Postoperative Pain in Patients With Total Hip Arthroplasty”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 48 (6): 615-22. https://doi.org/10.3944/AOTT.2014.14.0177.
EndNote
Petrovic NM, Milovanovic DR, Ristic Dİ, Riznic N, Ristic B, Stepanovic Z (January 1, 2015) Factors associated with severe postoperative pain in patients with total hip arthroplasty. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 48 6 615–622.
IEEE
[1]N. M. Petrovic, D. R. Milovanovic, D. İ. Ristic, N. Riznic, B. Ristic, and Z. Stepanovic, “Factors associated with severe postoperative pain in patients with total hip arthroplasty”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 48, no. 6, pp. 615–622, Jan. 2015, doi: 10.3944/AOTT.2014.14.0177.
ISNAD
Petrovic, Nadezda M. - Milovanovic, Dragan R. - Ristic, Dragana İgnjatovic - Riznic, Nikola - Ristic, Branko - Stepanovic, Zeljko. “Factors Associated With Severe Postoperative Pain in Patients With Total Hip Arthroplasty”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 48/6 (January 1, 2015): 615-622. https://doi.org/10.3944/AOTT.2014.14.0177.
JAMA
1.Petrovic NM, Milovanovic DR, Ristic Dİ, Riznic N, Ristic B, Stepanovic Z. Factors associated with severe postoperative pain in patients with total hip arthroplasty. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2015;48:615–622.
MLA
Petrovic, Nadezda M., et al. “Factors Associated With Severe Postoperative Pain in Patients With Total Hip Arthroplasty”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 48, no. 6, Jan. 2015, pp. 615-22, doi:10.3944/AOTT.2014.14.0177.
Vancouver
1.Nadezda M. Petrovic, Dragan R. Milovanovic, Dragana İgnjatovic Ristic, Nikola Riznic, Branko Ristic, Zeljko Stepanovic. Factors associated with severe postoperative pain in patients with total hip arthroplasty. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2015 Jan. 1;48(6):615-22. doi:10.3944/AOTT.2014.14.0177