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

Is Pain Perception Communicated Through Mothers? Maternal Pain Catastrophizing Score is Related With Children's Postoperative Circumcision Pain

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).

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Pain Catastrophizing
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: pain catastrophizing scala

Detailed Description

Now, the study is continuing.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 197

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Samsun, Turkey, 55090
    • Samsun University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Among the children who come to the preoperative anesthesia outpatient clinic with their mothers to undergo elective circumcision will be accepted if their mothers agreed to participate in the study.

Description

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).

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Group 1; low pain catastrophizing score in mother	Other: pain catastrophizing scala; The PCS, a 13-item self-report inventory used to determine the extent to which individuals catastrophize in response to pain, was developed. Total possible scores range from 0 to 52, with higher scores indicating negative results. The Turkish version was tested for reliability and validity and the Cronbach alpha coefficient was measured at 0.90. PCS scores of 16 or lower are regarded as normal, and scores of 17 or above as high.
Group 2; high pain catastrophizing score in mother	Other: pain catastrophizing scala; The PCS, a 13-item self-report inventory used to determine the extent to which individuals catastrophize in response to pain, was developed. Total possible scores range from 0 to 52, with higher scores indicating negative results. The Turkish version was tested for reliability and validity and the Cronbach alpha coefficient was measured at 0.90. PCS scores of 16 or lower are regarded as normal, and scores of 17 or above as high.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
PCS, mother, and child	Authors will be investigated the relationship between maternal pain catastrophizing score levels and the postoperative pain experienced by the child. Empathy towards pain is necessary to notice, understand, and respond to another person's pain. Children develop empathy towards pain over time, which may be related to social learning. Pain Catastrophizing scale (PCS): The PCS is a self-assessment questionnaire to examine catastrophizing in clinical and nonclinical populations. The PCS consists of 13 statements containing a number of thoughts and feelings one may experience when having pain. The items are divided into the categories of rumination, magnification and helplessness, with each item scored on a 5-point scale, from 0 (not at all) to 4 (always), people are asked to rate how often they experience the mentioned thoughts and feelings when they are in pain. The overall score has a range of 0-52.	18 month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Sevda Akdeniz,MD

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Suren M, Okan I, Gokbakan AM, Kaya Z, Erkorkmaz U, Arici S, Karaman S, Kahveci M. Factors associated with the pain catastrophizing scale and validation in a sample of the Turkish population. Turk J Med Sci. 2014;44(1):104-8. doi: 10.3906/sag-1206-67.

Helpful Links

• Reference article

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 1, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 1, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): August 20, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 10, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 10, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): July 18, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): November 13, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 10, 2024
• Last Verified: November 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: children; VAS; postoperative pain; circumcision; mother; pain catastrophizing
• Other Study ID Numbers: B.30.2.ODM.0.20.08/80-165

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No