Pain Catastrophizing and Acute Post-Surgical Pain in Knee Arthroplasty Patients: The Moderating Role of Social Support

The acute post-surgical pain of knee arthroplasty patients was affected by gender, age, education, occupation, disease duration, whether the knee arthroplasty was performed for the first time, preoperative pain scores, and operation time. Acute Post-surgical pain in patients with knee arthroplasty was affected by social support and pain catastrophizing, and social support had a moderating effect on the relationship between pain catastrophizing and acute post-surgical pain.