Clinical trial NCT03602664: Postoperative Recovery After Thoracic Surgery
Official title: Postoperative Recovery and Longterm Outcome After Thoracic Surgery
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Postoperative Pain
Postoperative Complications
Lead sponsor: Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-07-27
Enrollment: 200
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients planned to undergo thoracotomy or thoracoscopy at Sahgrenska University Hospital

Brief summary: A questionaire specifically developed using in depth interviews with patients that has undergone surgery has been developed. This questionaire will be used for longterm follow in patients undergoing thoracic surgery. 200 patients will be asked to fill in this questionaire preoperatively as well as 3 and 12 months after surgery to assess symptomburden after surgery with specific aim to study postoperative pain as well as other physical, mental and cognitive problems that may affect the patient and their daily activities, health, return to work, family life and economy.

Detailed description: In Sweden around 400 000 patients under go surgical operations in hospitals. A large proportion, around 20%, develop persistent postoperative pain which affects their quality of life and their recovery towards a normal life.

A questionaire specifically developed using in depth interviews with patients that has undergone surgery has been developed. This questionaire will be used for longterm follow in patients undergoing thoracic surgery. 200 patients will be asked to fill in this questionaire preoperatively as well as 3 and 12 months after surgery to assess symptomburden after surgery with specific aim to study postoperative pain as well as other physical, mental and cognitive problems that may affect the patient and their daily activities, health, return to work, family life and economy.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Patients undergoing thoracic surgery (thoracotomy or thoracoscopy) who accept to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

None

Primary outcomes:
measure: Postoperative pain 3 months after surgery as compared to preoperatively assessed with a studyspecific questionnaire
timeFrame: Pain at 3 months after surgery as compared to preoperatively
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Postoperative functional impairment after surgery assessed with a studyspecific questionnaire
timeFrame: Status at 3 months after surgery as compared to before the operation
measure: Postoperative functional impairment 12 months after surgery assessed with a studyspecific questionnaire 12 month after surgery
timeFrame: Status 12 months after surgery compared to before surgery
measure: Postoperative pain 12 months after surgery as compared to preoperatively assessed with a studyspecific questionnaire
timeFrame: Pain at 12 months after surgery as compared to preoperatively
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Gothenburg
country: Sweden
facility: Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: Sahlgrenska University Hospital
name: Stefan Lundin, MD PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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