NCT03030742

Postpartum Opioid Prescribing Patterns and Patient Utilization

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 494 (actual)
• Sponsor: Northwestern University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

This study seeks to investigate the prescribing patterns and patient utilization of opioid pain medication in the postpartum setting. Postpartum women will be surveyed prior to hospital discharge and again at 2-4 weeks postpartum in order to assess the number of opioid tablets they used (in relation to the number prescribed), pain satisfaction, and storage/disposal of any remaining opioid tablets.

Detailed description

Opiate abuse is a national epidemic and has paralleled the increase in opioid prescriptions, with diversion of surplus medication playing a key contributing role. As the majority of reproductive age women in the U.S. will experience childbirth, understanding opioid prescription patterns and patient opioid utilization in the postpartum period is critical. Postpartum women will be recruited during a 9-month period to take part in pre-hospital discharge and 2-4 week postpartum surveys to prospectively assess opioid medication use with regard to quantity of opioid tablets prescribed and quantity used, storage and disposal of unused opioids and satisfaction with pain control.

Conditions

• Postpartum
• Opioid Use
• Post-operative
• Cesarean Delivery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Survey	A survey will be administered at two time points (time of hospital discharge and 2-4 weeks postpartum) to determine: * Satisfaction with pain control 2-4 weeks postpartum * Patient-reported use of opioid medication postpartum (receipt of prescription, filling of prescription, if refill was obtained, and number of opioid pills remaining at the time of follow-up) * Patient characteristics associated with high opioid use * Methods of storage and disposal of unused opioids

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-06-01
• Primary completion: 2019-08-30
• Completion: 2019-12-31
• First posted: 2017-01-25
• Last updated: 2020-02-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States