Prescribing Opioid Pain Relievers in the Emergency Department: Understanding and Optimizing the Encounter

NCT02299024 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: SP0017808
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 278
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The investigators overall study objective is to improve patients knowledge and safe use of opioid pain relievers upon discharge from the Emergency Department.

Conditions

Opioid Use, Unspecified

Keywords

opioids; health literacy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Knowledge of medication name

  The primary outcome was the patients ability to identify the medication name of their prescribed opioid pain reliever upon follow-up.

  4-7 days

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Knowledge and counseling recall outcomes

  4-7 days

• Actual Use outcomes

  4-7 days

• Response to the intervention

  4-7 days

Study Arms (2)

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Patients in this arm are discharged from the Northwestern Emergency Department with standard communication about their prescribed opioid pain medication from their care providers. They are called for a follow up survey 4-7 days after their visit.

Dual Modality Educational Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients in this arm are discharged from the ED with an additional information sheet about their prescribed opioid pain medication, via the intervention titled "Additional Opioid Information". The sheet is read aloud to them by a research assistant. They are called 4-7 days later for a follow up survey.

Behavioral: Additional Opioid Information

Interventions

Additional Opioid Information BEHAVIORAL

Patients receiving this intervention are given additional information about the opioid pain medication that they are receiving in the form of a one page handout. The hand out was written in a health-literacy appropriate manner. A research assistant read the handout to them out loud, and they were given a copy to take home with them.

Dual Modality Educational Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• prescribed an opioid pain reliever
• English Speaking

You may not qualify if:

• Non-English Speaking
• Clinically unstable, psychologically impaired or intoxicated as judged by the research staff member.
• Chronic opioid use, defined as daily or near daily use of opioid pain relievers for the past 90 days.
• admitted to hospital
• unable to complete follow up phone interview in 4 - 7 days.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Northwestern University: lead
• Emergency Medicine Foundation: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Northwestern University

Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Danielle McCarthy, MD MS

  Northwestern University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 20, 2014
• First Posted: November 24, 2014
• Study Start: October 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2013
• Study Completion: May 1, 2013
• Last Updated: August 20, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-08

Locations

US (1)