A Shared Decision-Making Intervention to Guide Opioid Prescribing After Cesarean Delivery.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess whether a shared decision-making intervention decreases the quantity of oxycodone tablets prescribed after cesarean delivery.

Technique

A tablet computer-based decision aid formed the basis of a shared decision-making session to guide opioid prescribing after cesarean delivery. Women first received information on typical trajectories of pain resolution and expected opioid use after cesarean delivery and then chose the number of tablets of 5 mg oxycodone they would be prescribed up to the institutional standard prescription of 40 tablets.

Experience

From April 11, 2016, to June 10, 2016, 105 women were screened, 75 were eligible, and 51 consented to participate; one patient was excluded after enrollment as a result of prolonged hospitalization. The

SUBMITTER: Prabhu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5482786 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature