Gaining Insight Into Teenagers' Experiences of Pain After Laparoscopic Surgeries; A Prospective Study

• DOI: 10.20944/preprints202402.1419.v1
• Publication Date: 2024-03-04T06:16:57Z
• Authors: Mihaela Visoiu; Jacques E. Chelly; Senthilkumar Sadh...
• Keywords: teenager postoperative pain; mood; visual analog pain scale; pain behavior; anxiety; Pediatrics; RJ1-570; Article; pain catastrophizing thoughts

There is an anecdotal impression that teenage patients report exaggerated postoperative pain scores do not correlate with their actual level of pain. Nurse and parental perception teenagers' can be complemented by knowledge patient behavior, catastrophizing thoughts, anxiety, mood level. Two hundred two completed the study: 56.4% female, 89.6% White, 5.4% Black, 5% other race. Patient ages ranged from 11 to 17 years (mean = 13.8, SD 1.9). The patient, parent, nurse multiple questionnaires on day one after laparoscopic surgery assess Teenagers parents (r=0.56) have a high agreement, teenagers nurses (r=0.47) moderate agreement (p <0.05). correlation between APBQ (Adolescent Pain Behavior Questionnaire) teenager VAS (Visual Analog Scale ) VAS, while statistically significant < 0.05), weaker (r range 0.14-0.17). psychological assessments catastrophic range= 0.26 – 0.39; p A multi-modal evaluation more informative than only assessing self-reported scores.