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Patient Education and Use of Post Operative Pain Medication in Ambulatory Hand Surgery: a Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT03219177 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 400

Last updated 2022-12-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

There is a current opioid epidemic in the United States partially fueled by excess prescribing practices after surgery. The objective of this study is to decrease the amount of opioids needed after ambulatory hand surgery. In this randomized control trial, patients will be randomized into a patient education group and into a control group. The education group will be provided with a pre-operative video detailing proper indications for opioid use after hand surgery, alternative pain management strategies to try before using prescription opioid medications, and side effects associated with opioid use. Patients will also receive information on the current opioid epidemic. Patients will be reminded of the information given pre-operatively after surgery in the post-anesthesia care unit. The control group will not receive pre-operative education and will only receive standard of care post-operative counseling by nursing in the post-anesthesia care unit. All patients will be given a pain log, pain medication diary and participate in phone/email surveys to determine number of opioid pills taken, pain levels, and satisfaction with surgery. The investigators hypothesize that the education group will have decreased opioid intake and increased patient satisfaction compared to the control group.

Conditions

  • Ambulatory Hand Surgery

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Patient education regarding indications for opioid use and side effects of opioid use after hand surgery

Patients in the active education group will be given information pre-operatively on the current opioid epidemic, alternative pain management strategies that should be tried before proceeding to prescription opioid use, appropriate indications for opioid use, and side effects of opioids.This information will be reinforced by the research coordinator and nursing staff in the post-anesthesia care unit.

OTHER

Standard of care post-operative counseling

Patients will receive standard of care post-operative counseling. They will not be given pre or post-operative opioid education.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-06-15
Primary Completion
2022-12-06
Completion
2022-12-06

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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