Hand Injuries and Disorders, Opioid Use, Surgery
Conditions
Brief summary
This study seeks to determine if watching a preoperative educational video influences opioid consumption and proper disposal following elective hand surgery.
Detailed description
This study seeks to determine if watching a preoperative educational video influences opioid consumption and proper disposal following elective hand surgery. Patients undergoing elective hand surgery are randomized to either watch a preoperative educational video or not. Patients are asked to record their pain medication usage postoperatively, as well as their daily pain levels and satisfaction with their pain control after surgery.
Interventions
OTHEREducational video
Patients will watch a preoperative educational video on proper opioid use and disposal.
Sponsors
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
Northwestern University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* undergoing elective hand surgery * surgeon is planning to prescribe opioids for postoperative pain control
Exclusion criteria
* emergent surgery * surgeon not planning to prescribe opioids for postoperative pain control
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Morphine milliequivalents consumed in 2 weeks postoperatively | 2 weeks after surgery | Total morphine mEq consumed in 2 weeks after surgery |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Analog Scale | 2 weeks after surgery | Average daily Visual Analog Scaled pain score recorded after surgery. Pain will be recorded on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain possible). |
| Patient satisfaction | 7-10 days after surgery | Patient satisfaction with pain control after surgery. Satisfaction will be measured on a Likert scale with the following question: How satisfied have you been with your pain management after surgery?. Answer choices are: Very unsatisfied, unsatisfied, neutral, satisfied, very satisfied. |
| Proper disposal | 2 weeks after surgery | Self-reported proper disposal of unused opioids after surgery. Patients will be asked in a postoperative survey if they used all of the pills in their initial postoperative prescription. If they did not, they will be asked Have you disposed of your unused opioids via a DEA-approved method (I.e. at a pharmacy or other safe location?) as a yes or no question. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed