Pain-sensitive temperament and postoperative pain.
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.
Kleiber
Charmaine
C
College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. charmaine-kleiber@uiowa.edu
Suwanraj
Marisa
M
Dolan
Lori A
LA
Berg
Mary
M
Kleese
Amanda
A
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
D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D009020:Morphine