Educational Video on Pain Management and Subsequent Opioid Use After Cesarean Delivery
Purpose
This is a randomized controlled trial assessing the utility of an educational video on pain management after a cesarean section to reduce opioid use. The educational video will be shown during the patient's postpartum stay and the amount of opioid and adjunct medications will be assessed in those who watched the video compared to those who received the standard of care discharge instructions without the video. Participants will be contacted 7 and 14 days after cesarean birth (post operative day number 7 and number 14) to complete a telephone survey on their overall pain management and to determine how many opioid tablets have been used.
Condition
- Opioid Use, Unspecified
Eligibility
- Eligible Ages
- Between 18 Years and 50 Years
- Eligible Genders
- Female
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- Greater than 18 years of age - Underwent repeat or primary C-section - Literate in English Language
Exclusion Criteria
- Complicated cesarean section including cesarean hysterectomy, bowel injury, bladder injury, and/or take-back - History of opioid use disorder and/or on chronic opiates in pregnancy - Contraindications to NSAIDS or acetaminophen
Study Design
- Phase
- N/A
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel Assignment
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- None (Open Label)
Arm Groups
Arm | Description | Assigned Intervention |
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Experimental Educational Video Recipients |
Participants will be shown educational video on pain management after cesarean delivery on day of discharge. Upon discharge, participants will be given twenty tablets of oxycodone 5 mg by mouth every four hours as needed for pain and forty tablets of ibuprofen 600 mg by mouth every six hours as needed for pain. |
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Active Comparator Standard of Care Recipients |
Participants will be given standard of care discharge instructions for pain management on day of discharge. Upon discharge, participants will be given twenty tablets of oxycodone 5 mg by mouth every four hours as needed for pain and forty tablets of ibuprofen 600 mg by mouth every six hours as needed for pain. |
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More Details
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Medstar Health Research Institute