CompletedNot Applicable

Efficacy of Pain Neuroscience Education and Pre-anesthetic Assessment in Reducing Levels of Anxiety, Stress and Pain in Patients Undergoing Elective Total Abdominal Hysterectomy (ENAH Study)

Mexico62 participantsStarted 2024-07-01

Plain-language summary

Through this quantitative, multivariate factorial experimental parallel randomized clinical trial, the investigators analyzed the effectiveness of pre-anesthetic assessment and pain neuroscience education in reducing anxiety, stress, and pain levels in patients undergoing elective total abdominal hysterectomy.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 65 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion criteria

✓. Anesthesia Physical Classification System: I, II or III according to the classification of the American Society of Anesthesiology.
✓. Acceptance of informed consent
✓. Basic literacy skills sufficient to understand and complete study questionnaires.

Exclusion criteria

✕. Inability to understand study procedures or complete questionnaires.
✕. Inflammatory rheumatic disease
✕. Major neurological or psychiatric disease, Intellectual disability (mental retardation) or learning disorders at the premorbid level or severe language comprehension problems.

What they're measuring

Change in Visual Analog Scale-Pain (EVA)

Timeframe: Baseline (preoperative), 1 hour postoperative, and 8 hours postoperative

Change in Perceived Stress Scale - 14 items (PSS-14)

Timeframe: Baseline (preoperative), 1 hour postoperative, and 8 hours postoperative

Change in Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)

Timeframe: Baseline (preoperative), 1 hour postoperative, and 8 hours postoperative

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05435508

SponsorInstituto Neurociencia Del Dolor

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2025-02-28

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