A digital health peri-operative cognitive-behavioral intervention to prevent transition from acute to chronic postsurgical pain in adolescents undergoing spinal fusion (SurgeryPalTM): study protocol for a multisite randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Spinal fusion surgery is associated with severe acute postsurgical pain and high rates of chronic postsurgical pain in adolescents. Psychological distress, sleep disturbance, and low pain self-efficacy predict higher acute pain and likelihood of developing chronic postsurgical pa...

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Main Authors: Jennifer A. Rabbitts, Chuan Zhou, Rocio de la Vega, Homer Aalfs, Caitlin B. Murray, Tonya M. Palermo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05421-3