NCT07362589

Effect of Preoperative Pain Education on Anxiety, Pain, and Analgesic Use in Total Knee and Hip Replacement Patients

The Effect of Pain Education Given to Patients Before Total Knee and Hip Replacement Surgery on Anxiety, Pain and Analgesic Use: A Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Enrolling By Invitation
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Yeditepe University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This randomized controlled trial evaluates whether a standardized preoperative pain education session delivered by a nurse reduces postoperative pain intensity and surgical anxiety among adult elective orthopedic surgery patients compared with usual care. Primary outcome is postoperative pain at 24 hours. Secondary outcomes include anxiety, analgesic consumption, patient satisfaction, and length of stay

Detailed description

Adult patients scheduled for elective orthopedic surgery will be randomized (1:1) to receive either (a) a structured 20-30-minute preoperative pain education session plus booklet and video, or (b) usual care alone. Pain intensity measured with NRS at 1, 6,12, 24, 48h postop; analgesics recorded Day 0, 1, 2; preop anxiety measured with Surgical Anxiety Scale in both groups. Intention-to-treat analysis.

Conditions

• Pain Management
• Arthroplasty
• Knee Replacement
• Hip Replacement

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Pain education	education booklet and video

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-07-30
• Primary completion: 2026-01-30
• Completion: 2026-01-30
• First posted: 2026-01-23
• Last updated: 2026-01-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)