Role of anxiety in young children's pain memory development after surgery

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dc.contributor.authorFischer, Shanaya
dc.contributor.authorVinall, Jillian
dc.contributor.authorPavlova, Maria
dc.contributor.authorGraham, Susan
dc.contributor.authorJordan, Abbie
dc.contributor.authorChorney, Jill
dc.contributor.authorRasic, Nivez F.
dc.contributor.authorBrookes, James T.
dc.contributor.authorHoy, Monica Y.
dc.contributor.authorYunker, Warren K.
dc.contributor.authorNoel, Melanie
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-22T22:19:45Z
dc.date.available2020-04-22T22:19:45Z
dc.date.issued2019-04
dc.description.abstractPediatric pain is common, and memory for it may be distressing and have long-lasting effects. Children who develop more negatively biased memories for pain (i.e., recalled pain is higher than initial pain report) are at risk of worse future pain outcomes. In adolescent samples, higher child and parent catastrophic thinking about pain was associated with negatively biased memories for post-surgical pain. This study examined the influence of child and parent anxiety on the development of younger children's post-surgical pain memories. Seventy-eight children undergoing a tonsillectomy and one of their parents participated. Parents reported on their anxiety (state and trait) before surgery, and trained researchers observationally-coded children's anxiety at anaesthesia induction. Children reported on their post-surgical pain intensity and pain-related fear for 3 days after discharge. One month after surgery, children recalled their pain intensity and pain-related fear using the same scales previously administered. Results revealed that higher levels of post-surgical pain and higher parent trait anxiety predicted more negatively biased memories for pain-related fear. Parent state anxiety and child preoperative anxiety were not associated with children's recall. Children who developed negatively biased pain memories had worse post-surgical pain several days after surgery. These findings underscore the importance of reducing parental anxiety and effective post-surgical pain management to potentially buffer against the development of negatively biased pain memories in young children.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFischer, S., Vinall, J., Pavlova, M., Graham, S. A., Jordan, A., Chorney, J., Rasic, N. F., Brookes, J. T., Hoy, M. Y., Yunker, W. K., & Noel, M. (2018). Role of anxiety in young children's pain memory development after surgery. "Pain", 160(4) (2019), 965-972. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001473en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001473en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/111854
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherInternational Association for the Study of Painen_US
dc.publisher.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.hasversionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Bathen_US
dc.publisher.institutionDalhousie Universityen_US
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.titleRole of anxiety in young children's pain memory development after surgeryen_US
dc.typejournal articleen_US
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