A Review of the Extent of Pain Catastrophizing in Patients Who Have Undergone Total Knee Replacement

Ai Lin; Zhi Qun Liu; Jia Pei Yao; Yan Hui Liu; Huan Wan

doi:10.1016/j.pmn.2023.12.014

A Review of the Extent of Pain Catastrophizing in Patients Who Have Undergone Total Knee Replacement

Pain Manag Nurs. 2024 Mar 8:S1524-9042(23)00251-5. doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2023.12.014. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Ai Lin¹, Zhi Qun Liu², Jia Pei Yao³, Yan Hui Liu¹, Huan Wan⁴

Affiliations

¹ The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University (Hunan Provincial People's Hospital), Changsha, China.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Clinical Research Center For Emergency and Critical Care In Hunan Province, Hunan Provincial Institute of Emergency Medicine, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Emergency and Critical Care Metabonomics, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
³ Department of Nursing, The Second People's Hospital of Changzhou, Changzhou, China.
⁴ Hunan Provincial People's Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University), Changsha, China. Electronic address: wanhuan2784@126.com.

PMID: 38461044
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2023.12.014

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the current status and influencing factors of pain catastrophizing in patients undergoing total knee replacement (TKR) and to provide a basis and reference for the clinical improvement of pain catastrophizing in these patients.

Design: This study was designed in accordance with PRISMA guidelines.

Data sources: PubMed, the Web of Science, the Elton B. Stephens Company, the Cochrane Library, Embase, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, the WanFang, Weipu and Chinese Biomedical Literature Databases.

Review/analysis methods: A scoping review was performed using PubMed, the Web of Science, the Elton B. Stephens Company, the Cochrane Library, Embase, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, the WanFang, Weipu, and Chinese Biomedical Literature Databases, and after literature screening and data extraction, the results were summarized.

Results: A total of 23 articles were included in the study. Pain catastrophizing is mostly assessed using the Pain Catastrophizing Scale and the Coping Strategies Questionnaire. The level of pain catastrophizing is an independent predictor of pain in patients undergoing TKR and is influenced by demographic, psychological, co-morbid, and prognostic factors. Pain catastrophizing interventions mainly consist of surgery, physiotherapy, medication, and psychological therapy.

Conclusions: Pain catastrophizing involves multiple factors, and it is necessary to explore the predictors affecting pain catastrophizing, improve the systematic evaluation of pain catastrophizing and adopt the appropriate intervention methods.

Publication types

Review