Counseling for opioids prescribed at discharge of hospitalized adolescent trauma patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Expert consensus recommends prescription opioid safety counseling be provided when prescribing an opioid. This may be especially important for youth with preexistent alcohol and other drug (AOD) use who are at higher risk of developing opioid use disorder. This study examined the frequency that adolescent trauma patients prescribed opioids at hospital discharge received counseling and if this differed by adolescents' AOD use.

Method

This study was embedded within a larger prospective stepped-wedge type III hybrid implementation study of AOD screening across a national cohort of pediatric trauma centers. Data were collected during 2018-2021 from admitted adolescent trauma patients (12-17 yo) at seven centers. Patient data were extracted from the electronic health r

SUBMITTER: Mello MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10594678 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature