Patient engagement and prescription opioid use in perioperative pain management.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine (1) patient perceptions regarding their engagement and the engagement of their families in perioperative pain management, (2) demographic and clinical characteristics associated with perceived patient and family engagement, and (3) the association between perceived patient and family engagement and patient outcomes.

Design

A prospective, observational study.

Setting

The Personalized Pain Program (PPP) at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.

Participants

Patients having more than one visit to the PPP.

Interventions

n/a.

Main outcome measures

Since the inception of the PPP, patients were surveyed prior to each clinic visit to assess their pain severity and interference using the Brief Pain Inventory. Starting Augus

SUBMITTER: Xie A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10698916 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature