Improving Surgical Patient Knowledge and Safe Use of Opioids

NCT03629314 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 18-5723
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 20
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Opioids are commonly prescribed for surgical patients to treat moderate to severe pain after surgery. However, opioids can be associated with serious complications such as respiratory depression and death. Currently, it is not routine practice to educate surgical patients about the risks of opioids and how to safely use opioids after surgery. The investigators have developed an educational pamphlet specifically for surgical patients to educate them about the safe use of opioids. The objective of this pilot study is to determine the usability and readability of an educational pamphlet about the safe use, proper storage and disposal of opioids. The educational pamphlet will be modified based on the feedback from the pilot study and subsequently used for a randomized controlled trial.

Conditions

Opioid Use

Keywords

Opioid

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Opioid Education Questionnaire

  Total score 0-15 with higher scores representing more knowledge

  10 - 15 minutes

Study Arms (1)

Educational Pamphlet arm

EXPERIMENTAL

Educational Pamphlet will be provided to all participants to review, questionnaire will be provided to complete before and after review of the pamphlets

Other: Educational pamphlet arm

Interventions

Educational pamphlet arm OTHER

Educational pamphlets will be provided to review and questionnaire will be provided to complete before and after review of the pamphlet

Educational Pamphlet arm

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• ≥18 years adults
• Proficient in English
• scheduled for elective surgery

You may not qualify if:

• Patients who are on opioids for chronic pain
• Patients have taken opioids in the past 30 days
• Patients who are unable to read and understand English -

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Health Network, Toronto: lead

Study Sites (1)

Toronto Western Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2S8, Canada

Location

Study Officials

• Jean Wong, MD

  University Health Network/Toronto Western Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: Educational-Interventional Pilot study

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 7, 2018
• First Posted: August 14, 2018
• Study Start: August 15, 2018
• Primary Completion: June 25, 2019
• Study Completion: September 30, 2020
• Last Updated: October 28, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)