Preoperative Patient Education as a Tool for Reducing Postoperative Opioid Use Following Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty: One Institution's Experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Minimizing postoperative opioids remaining after total hip arthroplasty (THA) is important for patient outcomes and community safety. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether completion of one preoperative patient education class prior to THA was associated with reduced opioid consumption at 2 weeks postoperatively. Secondary goals included evaluating whether satisfaction scores and postoperative healthcare utilization were impacted by class attendance, and whether demographic characteristics varied between groups that may highlight care disparities for our practice to address.

Methods

Patients undergoing primary THA between January 2022 and December 2024 at a single large academic institution were retrospectively evaluated for inclusion, identifying 3

SUBMITTER: Call CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12537339 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature