Preoperative anxiety and catastrophizing: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association with chronic postsurgical pain

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 819-841

  Theunissen, Maurice ^a   Peters, Madelon L ^b   Bruce, Julie ^c   Gramke, Hans Fritz ^a   Marcus, Marco A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anxiety; catastrophizing; chronic pain; postsurgical; risk factor

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CATASTROPHIZING; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE ANXIETY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANXIETY; CATASTROPHIZATION; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 84867265984     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31824549d6     Document Type: Review

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