Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Prognostic factors of chronic postsurgical pain in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Pooled result · Presurgical child pain intensity and presence of child CPSPResult — go to the resultOdds ratio 0.540 95% CI 0.184–0.894Authors' conclusion
Presurgical pain was the only presurgical risk factor at the meta-analytic level that significantly predicted pediatric CPSP
Study context
- Population
- Children and adolescents undergoing surgery; prognostic factors of chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP; pain >3 months)15 studies
- Outcome
- Presence of child CPSP and its prognostic factors
Methodological detailsGRADE certainty assessment, Quality in Prognostic Study risk of bias tool
- GRADE certainty assessment
- Quality in Prognostic Study risk of bias tool
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
Presurgical child pain intensity and presence of child CPSP
Odds ratio
0.540
95% CI 0.184–0.894
Presurgical child pain intensity
OR 0.540 (95% CI 0.184–0.894)
Original publication
Prognostic factors of chronic postsurgical pain in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Reg Anesth Pain Med. Published 5 February 2025. doi:10.
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