• Hülya Saray Kiliç and Neşe Mercan.
• Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Bilecik Seyh Edebali University, Bilecik, Turkey. Electronic address: h.saraykilic@gmail.com.
• Pain Manag Nurs. 2024 May 7.

AimThe aim of this study was to examine the relationship between cognitive intrusion of pain, fear of surgery, and comfort in the perioperative period.DesignThis was a descriptive study conducted with 180 patients hospitalized for surgery in a training and research hospital.MethodsA sociodemographic questionnaire, Surgical Fear Questionnaire, General Comfort Questionnaire, and Experience of Cognitive Intrusion of Pain Scale were administered to the participants prior to surgery, while General Comfort Questionnaire and Experience of Cognitive Intrusion of Pain Scale were administered after surgery.ResultsOf the participants with a mean age of 49.94 ± 17.26 years, 62.2% were male and 31.1% had at least one chronic disease. The mean preoperative and postoperative pain scores were 2.65 and 3.47, respectively. There was a statistically significant negative correlation between perioperative experience of cognitive intrusion of pain and perioperative comfort and a positive correlation between perioperative experience of cognitive intrusion of pain and preoperative fear of surgery (p < .05).ConclusionsCognitive intrusion of pain does not change in the perioperative period. As the cognitive intrusion of pain increases, patient comfort decreases and surgical fear increases. Our study contributes to the literature since it is the first study evaluating the cognitive intrusion of pain in the perioperative period.Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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