Pain Catastrophizing Throughout the Perioperative Period in Adolescents With Idiopathic Scoliosis

Chabot, Bianca; Sweatman, Hilary; Ocay, Don D.; Premachandran, Shajenth; Roy, Mathieu; Ferland, Catherine E.

doi:10.1097/ajp.0000000000000962

Pain Catastrophizing Throughout the Perioperative Period in Adolescents With Idiopathic Scoliosis

Objectives: Pain catastrophizing in children and adolescents has been associated to unfavorable postsurgical outcomes. However, pain catastrophizing is rarely measured throughout the perioperative period. Using a prospective longitudinal approach, the present study aimed to identify how pain cata…