Opioid Use
Conditions
Keywords
opioid buyback, opioid misuse prevention
Brief summary
Opioids are commonly prescribed pain medications, but they can lead to addiction. The study team is trying to determine if providing someone with an incentive (money in the form of a Visa gift card) to use less pain medications will result in study participants actually using fewer pain tablets than allowed by their health care provider. The study team also wants to know if providing the incentive (the Visa gift card alone) works the same as the incentive (the Visa gift card) plus providing additional information about addiction and alternative pain management.
Detailed description
Study participants will receive the standard of care for pain management at discharge. If study participants were not hospitalized at discharge, the study team will begin that standard of pain management at the participant's first outpatient clinic visit. Study participants will be randomized to 1 of 3 groups. All groups will receive a gift card if participants return the completed medication diary to the study team. * Group 1 will complete a medication diary. Also, group 1 will be encouraged to return any unused tablets to the study clinic. * Group 2 will be asked to complete a medication diary. Group 2 will also have a 50/50 chance of receiving money for each unused opioid tablet returned to the study clinic. * Group 3 will be the same as group 2 except in addition, they will be given a coaching session about the use of pain medication and a simple way that may help participants use less opioid pain medication.
Interventions
OTHERPossible Incentive for Tablet Return
Subjects who return completed diary will have the possibility to receive money for returned opioid tablets.
OTHERIncentive for Completed Diary
Subjects who return completed diary will receive a gift card.
BEHAVIORALCoaching
Subjects will receive coaching prior to starting pain medication.
Sponsors
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 89 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients suffering from a burn injury of one or both hands/upper extremities * Patients staying less than 2 midnights after date of injury or presenting for first visit to the clinic 4 or less days after injury * Patients able to self-administer their oxycodone. * Aged 18-89 years old
Exclusion criteria
* No burns on either hand or upper extremity * Patients suffering chemical or electrical burns * Patients with other traumatic injuries for which they might require opioids/pain treatment * Patients taking opioids prior to injury * Patients who are discharged with prescriptions other than oxycodone with a dosage of 5 milligrams by mouth every six hours as needed
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Mean number of opioid tablets used daily | up through two weeks |
Outcome results
None listed