Postpartum Opioid Prescribing Patterns and Patient Utilization
Completed
Conditions studied: Postpartum, Opioid Use, Post-operative, Cesarean Delivery
In brief
This study seeks to investigate the prescribing patterns and patient utilization of opioid pain medication in the postpartum setting. Postpartum women will be surveyed prior to hospital discharge and again at 2-4 weeks postpartum in order to assess the number of opioid tablets they used (in relation to the number prescribed), pain satisfaction, and storage/disposal of any remaining opioid tablets.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03030742
- Run by
- Northwestern University
- People needed
- 494
- Starts
- 2017-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2019-12-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-02-25
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Women who deliver during the recruitment period
- English-speaking
- Opiate-naïve (as determined by admission medication reconciliation)
- Receive oral opioid medications during inpatient postpartum admission
- 18 years or older
You may not qualify if…
- Contraindication to NSAID use
- Required use of general anesthesia without concurrent neuraxial analgesia
- Undergo hysterectomy, or unanticipated surgical procedures during the postpartum period
- Are admitted to the intensive care unit during their admission.
Where it is running
- Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois, United States
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