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

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Opioid Use, Unspecified

In brief

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

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02299024

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

278

Starts

2012-10-01

Expected to finish

2013-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-08-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

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.

Where it is running

• Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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