NCT06268587

A Before and After Study Studying the Impact of an Analgesia Protocol After Discharge From Outpatient Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 1,423 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liege · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this before and after study is to measure the effectiveness of a home analgesia protocol after outpatient surgery in a tertiary hospital. The main question it aims to answer is: \- Measure the impact of the protocol on the proportion of patients with a VAS greater than 3/10 on day one and who did not take the analgesics. The participants are divided into two groups. The control group leaves the hospital with instructions and prescriptions. The experimental group leaves the hospital with instructions, analgesics for a maximum of two days with detailed dosages and an explanatory booklet on postoperative pain.

Conditions

• Postoperative Pain
• Outpatient Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
COMBINATION_PRODUCT	Measure the impact of the home analgesia protocol on the proportion of patients with a VAS > 3/10 on day one and who did not take analgesics.	Measure the impact of the home analgesia protocol on the proportion of patients with a VAS \> 3/10 on D+1 and who did not take analgesics. The protocol consists of providing the patient with instructions at the time of discharge, analgesics for a maximum of two days with dosages and an explanatory booklet on pain management

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-09-01
• Primary completion: 2022-02-28
• Completion: 2022-02-28
• First posted: 2024-02-20
• Last updated: 2024-02-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium