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

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03219177

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Official title

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

Brief summary

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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.

Study identification

NCT ID: NCT03219177
Recruitment status: Completed
Study type: Interventional
Phase: Not applicable
Lead sponsor: Hospital for Special Surgery, New York; Other
Enrollment: 400 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Ambulatory Hand Surgery

Interventions

Behavioral · Other

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range: 18 Years and older
Sex: All
Healthy volunteers: Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date: Jun 14, 2017
Primary completion: Dec 5, 2022
Completion: Dec 5, 2022
Last update posted: Dec 15, 2022

2017 – 2022

United States locations

U.S. sites: 1
U.S. states: 1
U.S. cities: 1

Facility	City	State	ZIP	Site status
Hospital for Special Surgery	New York	New York	10021	—

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