Persistent opioid use following cesarean delivery: patterns and predictors among opioid-naive women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The incidence of opioid-related death in women has increased 5-fold over the past decade. For many women, their initial opioid exposure will occur in the setting of routine medical care. Approximately 1 in 3 deliveries in the United States is by cesarean, and opioids are commonly prescribed for postsurgical pain management.

Objective

The objective of this study was to determine the risk that opioid-naïve women prescribed opioids after cesarean delivery will subsequently become consistent prescription opioid users in the year following delivery and to identify predictors for this behavior.

Study design

We identified women in a database of commercial insurance beneficiaries who underwent cesarean delivery and who were opioid naïve in the year prior to deliver

SUBMITTER: Bateman BT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5003640 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature