Shared Decision-Making Tool for Opioid Prescribing After Ambulatory Hand Surgery in Veterans

University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Surgery; Opioid Use

Treatments: Behavioral: Educational Shared-Decision Making Tool

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04625231

18-0160

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if an educational patient-centered presentation reduced the amount of opioid pills requested and utilized by patients compared to standard of care group.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 89 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

• 1. Inclusion Criteria:
• a. 18-89 years of age
• b. Patient at the Orthopedic Department at the Veterans Health Administration
• c. Indicated for upper extremity surgeries: E.g., Carpal Tunnel Release, Trigger Finger Release, Cubital Tunnel Release, Ganglion Cyst Excision
• 2. Exclusion Criteria:
• a. History of opioid use disorder
• b. Had any recent surgery within four weeks of upper extremity procedure
• c. Taking opioids prior to surgery
• d. Returning to an institutionalized setting
• e. Pregnancy
• f. Unable to communicate in the English language
• g. Allergy to any medication recommended for post-operative analgesia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Shared-Decision Making Tool Group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Educational Shared-Decision Making Tool

Standard of Care Group

No Intervention group