Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Virtual psychoeducation for improvement of pain catastrophizing in pediatric presurgical patients and caregivers: a proof-of-concept study
Authors' conclusion
Our results provide proof-of-concept support for a virtual SSI targeting caregivers and youth PC during the perioperative period.
Study context
- Population
- Pediatric presurgical patients and their parents/caregivers
- Participants
- 43 vs 41
- Comparison
- Preintervention vs postintervention vs 2 weeks postsurgery pain catastrophizing (PC) scores after a virtual psychoeducational single-session intervention (SSI)
- Youthn = 43
- Caregiversn = 41
- Outcome
- Pain catastrophizing (PC) scores in parents/caregivers and youth
- Follow-up
- Preintervention, postintervention, and two weeks postsurgery
Methodological detailssingle-group, pre-post, virtual group-based single-session intervention
- Single-group
- Pre-post
- Virtual group-based single-session intervention
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
PC scores over time
- Caregiver PC scores decreased from pre- to postintervention
- P = 0.006
- Caregiver PC decrease maintained at postsurgery
- P = 0.002
- Youth PC scores decreased from preintervention to postsurgery, only for those with higher preintervention anxiety
- P = 0.01
Original publication
Virtual psychoeducation for improvement of pain catastrophizing in pediatric presurgical patients and caregivers: a proof-of-concept study. Can J Anaesth. Published 3 October 2023. doi:10.
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