This observational study wants to understand how different personal factors, like your concerns about pain, sleep, and anxiety, affect your pain experience after surgery. Researchers are looking at how these factors, along with whether you receive regional anesthesia (numbing medication like an epidural or nerve block), impact your pain levels, how much opioid medication you use, and if you develop long-lasting pain after surgery. The main goal is to see if these personal factors change how well regional anesthesia works. They will measure your maximum pain score in the first 24 hours after surgery. This study is for adults aged 18 and older who speak English and are having surgery that requires a hospital stay. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status and plans to include about 1000 people.

Study design

This is an observational study, meaning researchers will watch and collect information without giving you a specific treatment. About 1000 people are planned to be included.

What's involved

You would need to be willing to answer a survey about your feelings and potentially participate in an audio-recorded interview.

Compensation

Not stated in the trial record.

Follow-up

The primary endpoint measures pain over the first 24 hours after surgery.

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