A Before and After Study Studying the Impact of an Analgesia Protocol After Discharge From Outpatient Surgery

University Hospital Center (CHU) of Liege

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postoperative Pain; Outpatient Surgery

Treatments: Combination Product: Measure the impact of the home analgesia protocol on the proportion of patients with a VAS > 3/10 on day one and who did not take analgesics.

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06268587

2023/80

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this before and after study is to measure the effectiveness of a home analgesia protocol after outpatient surgery in a tertiary hospital. The main question it aims to answer is:

• Measure the impact of the protocol on the proportion of patients with a VAS greater than 3/10 on day one and who did not take the analgesics.

The participants are divided into two groups. The control group leaves the hospital with instructions and prescriptions. The experimental group leaves the hospital with instructions, analgesics for a maximum of two days with detailed dosages and an explanatory booklet on postoperative pain.

Enrollment: 1,423 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• outpatient surgery
• no age limit
• accepted post-operative monitoring by text messages (SMS)

Exclusion criteria

• refusal of post-operative follow-up by text messages (SMS)

Trial design

1,423 participants in 2 patient groups

control group

Description:

The control group is made up of patients, without age limit, who underwent an outpatient surgery from 01/09/19 to 28/02/20 inclusive and accepted post-operative monitoring by SMS. These patients leaves the hospital with instructions and prescriptions.

experimental group

Description:

The experimental group is made up of patients, without age limit, who underwent an outpatient surgery procedure from 1/9/21 to 28/2/22 inclusive and accepted post-operative monitoring by SMS. The patients leaves the hospital with instructions, analgesics for a maximum of two days with detailed dosages and an explanatory booklet on postoperative pain.

Treatment:

Combination Product: Measure the impact of the home analgesia protocol on the proportion of patients with a VAS > 3/10 on day one and who did not take analgesics.