Prescription Opioids Higher Among Knee Arthroplasty Recipients Randomized to Inpatient Rehabilitation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether the purchase of prescription opioids was lower among people randomized to inpatient rehabilitation (IR) compared with those discharged directly home following total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Method

A secondary analysis of a previous clinical trial in which participants were randomized 3 to 5 days after -surgery to 10 days of IR and a home program or to a home program alone. The primary outcome for this secondary analysis was the purchase of opioid-based pain relief up to 10-weeks after surgery, which was captured via patient diaries. Between-group differences were analyzed using a χ² test and relative risk (RR) (95% confidence interval [CI]). We report this outcome alongside the main outcomes observed at 10 weeks for the original stud

SUBMITTER: Naylor JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8363845 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature