Opiophobia in Postsurgical Adults With Cancer

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Opiophobia

Treatments: Other: 13-item Barriers Questionnaire (BQ-13); Other: Four-item Medication Adherence Questionnaire; Other: 14-item Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06536283

2024-0315

NCI-2024-06535 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

To learn how people who underwent surgery feel about their prescribed opioid medication after they leave the hospital.

Full description

To explore the barriers and fears related to use of opioids among a population of adults who underwent surgery for cancer who were prescribed opioids for home use during the first week following hospital discharge for a surgical treatment of a malignancy.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Adult patient with cancer admitted for cancer-related surgery
2. inpatient surgical hospital stay lasting at least 23 hours
3. discharged home with a prescription for opioid analgesics
4. able to read, speak, and consent in English.

Exclusion criteria

1. Age less than 18 years
2. not discharged with a prescription for opioid analgesia to manage pain
3. individuals for whom there is documentation of inability to provide consent in the medical record.

Trial design

50 participants in 1 patient group

Opiophobia in Postsurgical Adults

Description:

Participants that agree to take part in this study, partiicpants will have a virtual visit, via Zoom, about 7 days after you are discharged from the hospital. The visit will take about 20 minutes, and you will meet with a member of the research team to complete several questionnaires.

Treatment:

Other: 14-item Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)

Other: Four-item Medication Adherence Questionnaire

Other: 13-item Barriers Questionnaire (BQ-13)