NCT03219177

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

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 400 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hospital for Special Surgery, New York · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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

Type	Name	Description
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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-06-15
• Primary completion: 2022-12-06
• Completion: 2022-12-06
• First posted: 2017-07-17
• Last updated: 2022-12-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States