Survey of discharge prescribing of analgesia after surgery and Emergency Department attendance

Prescribing of analgesia after surgery and Emergency Department attendance, a survey of doctors’ beliefs and attitudes towards prescribing painkillers and their views on teaching of how to prescribe.

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12620000879965

Enrollment

120

Registered

2020-09-03

Start date

2020-09-10

Completion date

2020-12-10

Last updated

2020-09-07

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Survey of discharge prescribing of analgesia after surgery and Emergency Department (ED) attendance is a study designed to target Resident Medical Officers (RMOs), Specialist Trainees and Consultants in Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH) and Townsville University Hospital (TUH). This study seeks to understand the attitudes behind prescribing analgesia by doctors in specific clinical settings, to allow policy makers make targeted interventions with regards to opioid-prescribing. We hypothesise that there may be varying levels of understanding and confidence with regards to analgesia prescribing after surgery and in ED. There may also be differences in teaching, guidance and supervision, provided for RMOs. The survey will be distributed electronically to doctors in RBWH and TUH working in Emergency Department or Surgical Departments (including General Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Colorectal Surgery, Urology and Gynaecology) for participants to fill in anonymously. Survey results will be analysed by project members for publication in a peer reviewed journal, presented as a poster at scientific meetings and used by local clinical leads to inform the development of targeted interventions.

Interventions

Survey questions on discharge prescribing of analgesia after surgery and Emergency Department (ED) attendance will be distributed electronically via email by project members to departmental directors, for the latter to distribute to Resident Medical Officers (RMOs), consultants and specialist trainees. Electronic information sheets and consent forms will be given in the same email. The survey will be done once only per participant within Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital (RBWH) and Townsville University Hospital (TUH), and survey results will be collated 3-4 months after distribution for analysis by project members. The survey content includes types of drug prescribed, dosage range prescribed, opinions on prescribing, confidence of prescribing, sites of teaching; and the survey format will be in multiple choice where more than one option can be selected, and free text option. The approximate duration to complete the survey is less than 5 minutes and participants are given 2 weeks to complete the survey, with results being collated by December 2020.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

The study will include RMOs, Specialist Trainees and Consultants in RBWH or TUH working in the following fields: • Emergency Department, or • Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery • Cardiothoracic Surgery, or • General Surgery, or • Vascular Surgery, or • Maxillofacial Surgery, or • Neurosurgery, or • Obstetrics and Gynaecology, or • Ophthalmology, or • Orthopaedics, or • Paediatric Surgery • Colorectal Surgery, or • Urology.

Exclusion criteria

There are no exclusion criteria.

Outcome results