Background. Pain after knee surgery has been reported as a common problem. It is highly ranked in terms of intensity and has important consequences on both quality of life and psychological well-being. However, assessment and management of postoperative pain remain a key clinical problem. / Objectives. To describe the occurrence of pain after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and knee arthroscopy; identify the predictors of postoperative pain and evaluate the consequences of pain on quality of life and on depression status. / Methods. Patients were recruited from nine university and regional hospitals in the province of Quebec and were followed for three months after knee surgery. Time points of postoperative day 7 and month 3 were our prime interest. We used a prospective cohort design to investigate characteristics of postoperative pain and a case-control design to identify the impact of postoperative pain on quality of life and on depression. Both logistic regression and multiple linear regression models were used to analyze postoperative pain intensity and the impact of postoperative pain respectively. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.80899 |
| Date | January 2003 |
| Creators | Xu, Daquan, 1965- |
| Contributors | Collet, Jean-Paul (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 002031463, proquestno: AAIMQ98764, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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