A Longitudinal Study Looking at the Prevalence, Risk Factors & Consequences of Persistent Post-surgical Pain in Children
Recruiting now NCT06354699
Run by Telethon Kids Institute · for Up to 16 · All sexes · accepts healthy volunteers
What this study is about
The purpose of this study is to investigate the prevalence, risk factors and consequences of chronic post-surgical pain in children aged 0-16 years through a number of questionnaires completed at various timepoints, from before surgery up to 1 year post surgery.
Who can join (things the study team will check)
Inclusion Criteria: The patient is undergoing a surgical procedure in either group elective (circumcision, hypospadias, orchidopexy, laparoscopic appendicectomy) or group emergency (laparoscopic appendicectomy, scrotal exploration) Exclusion Criteria: The parent and child have inadequate English language skills to understand the questionnaires Children with significant/severe developmental or cognitive delay based on a formal diagnosis. Families that are unable to complete the long-term follow up surveys.…
Where this trial is running
- University of California, San Francisco, California, United States
- Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States
- Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Atrium Health-Wake Forest Baptist, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
- Children's Medical Center (Dallas), Dallas, Texas, United States
- Texas childrens hospital, Houston, Texas, United States
- Townsville University hospital, Douglas, Queensland, Australia
- Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia
- Women 's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
+ 4 more sites.
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