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Improving Surgical Patient Knowledge and Safe Use of Opioids

NCT ID: NCT03629314

Last Updated: 2021-10-28

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-08-15

Study Completion Date

2020-09-30

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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Twenty participants presenting to the preoperative clinic will be recruited for the pilot study. After informed consent is obtained, patients will be given an opioid knowledge questionnaire to complete before the education. They will then be given an educational pamphlet to review. After they have reviewed the educational pamphlet, they will complete the same opioid knowledge questionnaire. They will also complete a questionnaire evaluating the patient educational pamphlet. The pamphlet will be modified based on the feedback from the patients in the pilot study.

Conditions

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Opioid Use

Keywords

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Opioid

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Educational-Interventional Pilot study
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Educational Pamphlet arm

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

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Educational pamphlet arm

Intervention Type OTHER

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

Interventions

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Educational pamphlet arm

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

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. ≥18 years adults
2. Proficient in English
3. scheduled for elective surgery

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients who are on opioids for chronic pain
2. Patients have taken opioids in the past 30 days
3. Patients who are unable to read and understand English -
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Health Network, Toronto

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jean Wong

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jean Wong, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Health Network/Toronto Western Hospital

Locations

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Toronto Western Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

Other Identifiers

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18-5723

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id