Prediction of Children's Postoperative Pain: The Role of Presurgical Expectations and Anticipatory Emotions |
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| Authors: | Palermo, Tonya Mizell Drotar, Dennis |
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| Affiliation: | Case Western Reserve University, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 2All correspondence should be sent to Tonya Mizell Palermo, Department of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7123 |
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| Abstract: | Examined predictors of children s ratings of postoperative painintensity based on a model of children's expectations for surgerydeveloped from the Children's Health Belief Model (Bush &Iannotti, 1990) and McGroth's (1990) model of children s painexperiences. Prior to their inpatient surgeries, 28 children(ages 717 years) and their parents completed ratingsof children's expected surgery pain, anticipatory anxiety, andexpected helpfulness of pain medicine. Following surgery, childrencompleted ratings of their postoperative pain intensity. Age,total analgesics administered, and anticipatory anxiety emergedas significant predictors of children's postoperative pain ratings.Methodological issues concerning the measurement of children'sexpectations for surgery are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | children surgery pain intensity expectations anxiety. |
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