NCT05739747

Validation of the Gendolcat Score for the Prognosis of Chronic Postoperative Pain in Cesarean Section

Validation of the Gendolcat Score for the Prognosis of Chronic Postoperative Pain in Cesarean Section.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 371 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

Chronic post-surgical pain is a problem that has historically been underestimated. Over the last few years there has been a search for strategies to both predict and prevent its occurrence in patients undergoing surgery. The Gendolcat index is the only predictive model that uses only objective pre-surgical variables to assess the risk of suffering chronic post-surgical pain. However, it is only validated for the following surgeries: thoracotomy, hysterectomy and open inguinal hernia. Our aim is to test whether the Gendolcat model is also valid for cesarean section.

Conditions

• Chronic Post Surgical Pain
• Cesarean Section Complications
• Chronic Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Questionnaire	All patients should complete the following questionnaires: On the day of surgery: * Patient registration. * Complete medical history. * Gendolcat scale (including the Spanish version of the SF-12 scale). * Spanish version of the catastrophizing scale.
OTHER	Questionnaire	The investigators should complete a questionnaire during the surgical procedure specifying the anesthetic technique used, drugs and doses used and record any incident during the surgical procedure
OTHER	Questionnaire	The investigators should complete a questionnaire 24 hours after surgery to assess the possible presence of postoperative pain as well as the intensity and need for rescue analgesia.
OTHER	Questionnaire via telephone call	At 3 months, patients will be called and a structured questionnaire will be completed to assess the presence of chronic postoperative pain.
OTHER	Physical examination	Those women who, after the telephone call, are considered to have chronic post-surgical pain will undergo a physical examination to confirm it. The type of pain and its intensity will also be evaluated. The impact on their daily physical activity and quality of life will be evaluated by means of a questionnaire.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-04-01
• Primary completion: 2024-02-01
• Completion: 2025-02-01
• First posted: 2023-02-22
• Last updated: 2023-07-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain