NCT05234216

Comparison of a Comfort Scale and a Numerical Pain Scale on Opioid Consumption After Surgery

Comparison of a Comfort Scale and a Numerical Pain Scale on Opioid Consumption After Surgery: The COMFORT Randomized Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 885 (actual)
• Sponsor: Rennes University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The objective is to show that the use of therapeutic communication tools, in this case a comfort scale, a low cost and simple to implement method, can reduce pain and therefore the consumption of opioids in the postoperative care unit. Our hypothesis is that the use of a comfort scale will lead to significant postoperative opioid sparing, and consequently to a decrease in the opioid-related side effects The aim of this study is to compare postoperative opioid consumption between patients whose pain is assessed by a numerical verbal scale and those assessed with a comfort scale.

Conditions

• Pain Management
• Analgesia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Informed consent	the investigator will verify the inclusion criteria, the patient's understanding of the protocol and will obtain oral informed consent
PROCEDURE	Surgery	The patient will undergo surgery in accordance with standard care
BEHAVIORAL	Comfort scale	The patient will be evaluated, in the post-operative care unit, with a comfort scale
BEHAVIORAL	Pain	The patient will be evaluated, in the post-operative care unit, with a pain scale
OTHER	Questionnaires	Evaluation of the Experience of Local/General Anesthesia

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-05-09
• Primary completion: 2022-07-01
• Completion: 2022-07-01
• First posted: 2022-02-10
• Last updated: 2022-09-23

Locations

29 sites across 2 countries: France, Lebanon