Effectiveness of a Preoperative Educational Video for Reducing Opioid Consumption After Hand Surgery

Surgery Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effectiveness of a Preoperative Educational Video for Reducing Opioid Consumption After Hand Surgery

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04625868
• Other study ID #: 00211034
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 29, 2020
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: September 2021
• Source: Northwestern University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study seeks to determine if watching a preoperative educational video influences opioid consumption and proper disposal following elective hand surgery.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 119
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: March 1, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hand Injuries
• Hand Injuries and Disorders
• Opioid Use
• Surgery

Intervention

Other:
• Educational video
Patients will watch a preoperative educational video on proper opioid use and disposal.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Northwestern Memorial Hospital	Chicago	Illinois

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Northwestern University	American Society for Surgery of the Hand

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Morphine milliequivalents consumed in 2 weeks postoperatively	Total morphine mEq consumed in 2 weeks after surgery	2 weeks after surgery
Secondary	Visual Analog Scale	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).	2 weeks after surgery
Secondary	Patient satisfaction	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.	7-10 days after surgery
Secondary	Proper disposal	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.	2 weeks after surgery