Key result
Higher postoperative pain strongly correlates with lower pain self-management behavior after knee or hip arthroplasty.
Why the study?
The self-management of acute postoperative pain after total knee or hip arthroplasty is not well researched.
Cross-Sectional (n=127)
No
Effect estimate: r = -0.719
p-value: p=< .01
Higher pain self-management behavior is significantly correlated with lower postoperative pain intensity in patients undergoing total knee or hip arthroplasty.
May support promoting pain self-management behaviors after arthroplasty; leaves open causality and intervention effects.
The self-management of acute postoperative pain is not well researched. This cross-sectional study investigates postoperative pain and pain self-management behavior. We recruited 127 patients who underwent total knee or total hip arthroplasty in an acute care hospital. We measured postoperative pain intensity and pain self-management behavior for three postoperative days. The results showed that the participants experienced mild and moderate pain intensity and perceived moderate to severe pain interference, which influenced their mood, sleep patterns, ability to walk, and performance of general activities and rehabilitation exercises. Female participants reported significantly higher pain intensity and lower pain self-management behavior; highly educated participants reported significantly lower pain intensity and higher self-management behavior. Pain intensity scores had a significant negative correlation with the total self-management behavior score (r = -0.719, P < .01). Health care professionals must consider patients' demographic characteristics when providing education and support regarding pain self-management for postoperative pain control.
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Zhu et al. (2017) conducted a cross-sectional in Postoperative pain following total knee or hip arthroplasty (n=127). Pain self-management behavior and pain intensity was evaluated on Correlation between pain intensity scores and total self-management behavior score (r = -0.719, p=< .01). Postoperative pain intensity had a significant negative correlation with total pain self-management behavior scores (r = -0.719, P < .01) in patients undergoing total knee or hip arthroplasty.
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