Psychological predictors of acute postoperative pain after total knee and hip arthroplasty: A systematic review.
Anders Deichmann SpringborgLasse VisbyHenrik KehletNicolai Bang FossPublished in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2023)
Pain catastrophizing seemed to be the most consistent psychological predictor of acute postoperative pain after TKA. The results for other psychological factors and THA were inconsistent. However, the interpretation of results was limited by considerable methodological heterogeneity.