Effect of Preoperative Counseling on Postoperative Opioid Use Following Knee Arthroscopy.

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

43 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-10-15

Study Completion Date

2020-06-26

Brief Summary

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Our study looks to evaluate the effect of brief preoperative counseling on opioid use following knee arthroscopy. We aim to quantify the effect we have as providers in changing patient behavior postoperatively in terms of the type and amount of pain medication that is utilized.

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Detailed Description

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Amid a national opioid epidemic, providers are looking for ways to minimize the utilization of narcotic and addictive pain medications while adequately treating acute and postoperative pain, all the while maintaining patient satisfaction. Much effort has been dedicated to studying non-narcotic alternative medications such as acetaminophen, NSAIDs, toradol, ketamine, ect., as well as multimodal strategies such as periaxial and perineural blockades. Little attention, however, has been given to the role we play as providers to help minimize the use of these addictive medications and the potential effect we have on changing patient behaviors. Alter et al1 published in the Journal of Hand Surgery their success of minimizing opioid use by simple preoperative counseling of patients undergoing carpal tunnel release surgery. They provided brief educational materials about the opioid epidemic and risks of these medications, as well as encouraging patients to utilize non-narcotic alternatives to control pain postoperatively. They saw a decrease in the amount of opioids used with no difference in pain scores in the group receiving this preoperative counseling.

There are roughly 750,000 knee scopes performed each year in the United States. The incidence of chronic opioid use stemming from a short course of narcotics after elective knee arthroscopy has been shown to be up to 30%.2-4 The high volume of these procedures presents a unique opportunity to study trends in opioid use and pain control in the postoperative period in a prospective fashion.

Study Design

Patients scheduled to undergo knee arthroscopy by a single surgeon will be randomized into preoperative counseling or no counseling by simple randomization methods (computer generated "coin flip"). Those in the counseling group will receive a two minute talk during their preoperative appointment covering the risks of opioid medications, current public health situation regarding opioids, and alternative methods for pain control. They will also receive a one page document summarizing the Pennsylvania Orthopedic Society recommendations regarding opioid use that was used in previous research1. All patients will be prescribed the same pain medication and quantity (hydrocodone-acetaminophen 5-325 mg, 40 pills, 0 refills). Postoperatively, patients will be contacted via telephone on postoperative day three, asking what medication and how many pills they are taking daily for pain, as well as rating their daily pain level on a scale from 0-10. At their first postoperative follow-up appointment, they will again be asked about the quantity of pain medications used and pain level. After the first postoperative phone call, all data collection will be obtained at their regularly scheduled postoperative office visits, which occur at two and four weeks postoperatively. During all postoperative data collection time points we will also inquire and note all pain control measures, including ice, heat, compression, elevation, or other medications not commonly thought of as "pain medications". Data collection from each patient will be concluded at their one month postoperative visit.

Conditions

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Opioid Use Opioid-use Disorder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Patients will be randomized into a treatment and control group.

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Counseling group

Patients randomized into the "counseling group" will be given a 1-2 minute presentation over the risks of opioid pain medications during their preoperative visit.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Opioid counseling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The formal opioid counseling will involve reading the recommendations for postoperative opioid use established by the Pennsylvania Orthopedic Society.

Control group

The control group will undergo the standard preoperative evaluation by the senior author without any additional formal opioid counseling.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Opioid counseling

The formal opioid counseling will involve reading the recommendations for postoperative opioid use established by the Pennsylvania Orthopedic Society.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients aged 18-60, undergoing knee arthroscopic meniscectomy surgery

Exclusion Criteria

* Non-english speaking, prisoners, those who cannot provide consent on their own, previous history of chronic opioid use, prior history of surgery on the ipsilateral knee, and those undergoing additional surgical procedures on the same knee at the time of the surgery

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes