Evidence Graph Analysis of Postoperative Pain Sensitization Induced by Perioperative Sleep Deprivation

Objective To describe and evaluate the clinical studies of postoperative pain sensitization caused by sleep deprivation through the evidence map system， to understand the distribution of evidence in this field， and to provide reference for subsequent evidence research. Methods A computer-based search of PubMed， EMBASE， Cochrane library， Web of Science， CNKI， Wanfang Data， VIP and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database from inception to August 2023 was conducted to obtain intervention studies， observational studies and systematic review / meta-analysis of postoperative pain sensitization caused by sleep deprivation. The research characteristics and methodological quality were analyzed and evaluated. The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews， the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) and the AMSTAR-2 scale were used to evaluate the quality of the included studies， and the evidence was comprehensively analyzed and displayed by means of bubble chart， table and text. Results A total of 35 observational studies (31 cohort studies， 4 case-control studies)， 15 randomized controlled trials and 4 systematic reviews / meta-analyses were included. In terms of the number of publications， it increased rapidly after 2018 and peaked in 2022， and clinical studies in this field mainly focused on cohort studies， with fewer randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews / Meta-analysis studies. The results of the evidence map showed that the quality of 22 studies was 'high quality'， 24 studies were 'medium quality'， and 8 studies were 'low quality'.Most of the studies showed that sleep deprivation could induce postoperative pain sensitization. Only 2 studies suggested that sleep disorders were not significantly associated with postoperative pain sensitization， and 9 studies were uncertain that sleep deprivation could induce postoperative pain sensitization. Conclusion Overall evidence shows that sleep deprivation can induce postoperative pain sensitization， but the evaluation dimension is single and the methodological quality of the included literature needs to be improved. It is suggested that more high-quality， large-sample and standardized clinical studies should be carried out in the future to provide scientific basis for clinical work.