title: Pain-sensitive temperament and postoperative pain.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the relationship between pain-sensitive temperament and self-report of pain intensity following surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-nine adolescents and young adults (average age 14 years) undergoing spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis completed the Sensitivity Temperament Inventory for Pain-Child version (STIP-C). The Pearson correlation between STIP-C scores and the highest pain intensity for each of the first three postoperative days was investigated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a small but significant correlation between the Perceptual Sensitivity and Symptom Reporting subscales of the STIP-C and pain intensity measured on the third postoperative day.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Aspects of the pain-sensitive temperament may be important in understanding the variability in postoperative pain. This is the first investigation of the relationship between pain-sensitive temperament and surgical pain. More research is needed in this area.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. charmaine-kleiber@uiowa.edu
authors.forename: Charmaine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kleiber
authors.forename: Marisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suwanraj
authors.forename: Lori A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Dolan
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kleese
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009020:Morphine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010147:Pain Measurement; D017288:Pain Threshold; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011446:Prospective Studies; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000601:surgery; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000009:adverse effects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013694:Temperament
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D009020:Morphine