Attachment Predicts Post Cesarean Pain

Sponsor

Western University, Canada (Other)

Overall Status

Recruiting

CT.gov ID

NCT04863651

Collaborator

(none)

Enrollment

Location

19.6

Anticipated Duration (Months)

3.3

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The Adult Attachment Style (AAS) is a questionnaire designed to measure how an adult generally feels in their close personal relationships. The questionnaire has two main axes of measurements - avoidance and anxiety, that gives rise to four different categories of attachment styles. Women's attachment styles have been shown to be correlated to pain during labour, but not after. No study has analyzed whether attachment styles are correlated to the pain after cesarean section. This study will assess correlation between the AAS score, and pain after elective cesarean section. Additionally, this study aims to clarify the correlation between attachment scale and overall quality of recovery after cesarean section as defined by a recently validated tool, the ObsQoR10.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Cesarean Section Complications Attachment Disorder Post Operative Recovery

Detailed Description

Overall recovery after cesarean section is difficult to measure and must consider several factors that may influence recovery. The ObsQoR10 is a recently validated tool that provides an overall picture of post cesarean recovery using pain, functional milestones, and emotional needs1. One of the factors that may influence recovery post operatively is a person's Adult Attachment Style (AAS).

AAS refers to how a person "generally feels in close relationships in their lives" and is prevalent in literature in the context of chronic pain. AAS has been shown to be correlated to patients' psychological stress2, self reported pain intensity and even the prevalence of chronic pain conditions like fibromyalgia3. In a cohort of patients with chronic pain, securely attached individuals were less likely to report disability due to pain, depressive symptoms and perceived negative spouse responses in comparison to securely attached individuals4. Another cohort showed that patients were characterized as fearful avoidant were more likely to catastrophize their pain and exhibit activity avoiding behaviours5.

Literature on AAS in the context of pain experienced by parturients is not as well characterized. Costas-Martins et al showed that insecurely attached women experience more pain during labour6. Costas-Martins et al include in their cohort a number of cesarean patients but do not consider them separately. To date there has not been a study investigating whether the AAS of parturients undergoing cesarean section is correlated to their perceived pain.2

While pain is an important clinical outcome, overall recovery as measured by the ObsQoR10 may present a more complete clinical picture of the predictive power of a person's AAS. Our study aims to characterize whether parturients' AAS is correlated with their overall recovery post cesarean section as well as pain.

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Anticipated Enrollment :

65 participants

Observational Model:

Cohort

Time Perspective:

Prospective

Official Title:

Do Patient's Adult Attachment Style Correlate With Pain Post Cesarean Delivery?

Actual Study Start Date :

Jan 13, 2020

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

May 1, 2021

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

Sep 1, 2021

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Securely Attached Parturients Parturients who have a secure attachment style according to the Revised Adult Attachment Scale (Collins, 1996)
Insecurely Attached Parturients Parturients who have an insecure attachment style according to the Revised Adult Attachment Scale (Collins, 1996)

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Pain Score [24 hours]
Pain score from 0-10, measured at 24 hours post-operative

Secondary Outcome Measures

ObsQoR10 Score [24 hours]
Total score on the ObsQoR10 tool, a quality of recovery tool post cesarean section. Collected at 24 hours post-operative.
Total Opioid Consumption first 24h [24 hours]
Total consumption of opioids by the patient in the first 24 hours post-operative, including the time at which additional opioid analgesia was first requested by the patient.
First Occurrence of Nausea [24 hours]
The first time the patient reports feeling nauseous within the first 24 hours post-operative.
First Occurrence of Vomiting [24 hours]
The first time the patient reports feeling vomiting within the first 24 hours post-operative.
First Occurrence of Pruritis [24 hours]
The first time the patient reports feeling vomiting within the first 24 hours post-operative.
First Occurence of Sedation [24 hours]
The first time the patient reports feeling sedated within the first 24 hours post-operative.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

English Speaking ii. Elective Cesarean Sections iii. ASA 3 or lower iv. Singleton Pregnancy v. Between 37-40 weeks gestation

Exclusion Criteria:

Patient Refusal ii. History of chronic pain condition, currently on medication iii. Diagnosed General Anxiety Disorder iv. Diagnosed substance use disorder