How sleep affects pain after chest or breast surgery
Part of Pain clinical trials.
This study looks at whether how well you sleep around the time of surgery affects your pain after surgery. By tracking your sleep with a simple wristband, researchers hope to find ways to reduce long-term pain and improve recovery.
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Who can take part
- You are between 18 and 80 years old.
- You are scheduled for one of these surgeries: video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS, a type of chest surgery), modified radical mastectomy (breast removal for cancer), or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG, open-heart surgery).
- You have not had any surgery in the past 3 months.
- You are not taking opioid painkillers or sedatives regularly (for 3 months or longer).
- Your surgery is expected to be completed before 4 PM on the day of the operation, and you are not planned to go to the ICU afterward.
- You are willing to wear a wristband device (like a fitness tracker) during your hospital stay to monitor your sleep.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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