Opioid Use After Fracture Surgery Correlates With Pain Intensity and Satisfaction With Pain Relief

Abstract

Background In 2012, Medicare began to tie reimbursements to inpatient complications, unplanned readmissions, and patient satisfaction, including satisfaction with pain management. Questions/purposes We aimed to identify factors that correlate with (1) pain intensity during a 24-hour period after surgery; (2) less than complete satisfaction with pain control; (3) less than complete satisfaction with staff attention to pain relief while in the hospital; and we also wished (4) to compare inpatient and discharge satisfaction scores. Methods Ninety-seven inpatients completed measures of pain intensity (numeric rating scale), satisfaction with pain relief, self-efficacy when in pain, and symptoms of depression days after operative fracture repair. The amount of opioid used in oral morphine equivalents taken during the prior 24 hours was calculated. Through initial bivariate One of the authors (AGJB) certifies that he, or a member of his immediate family, has or may receive payments or benefits, during the study period from ''AnnaFonds Travel grant'' (Dutch Orthopaedic travel grant), Leiden, the Netherlands (less than USD 10,000); ''VSBfonds'', Utrecht, the Netherlands, a nonmedical study grant (less than USD 10,000); and ''Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Banning-de Jong fonds'', Amsterdam, the Netherlands, a nonmedical study grant (less than USD 10,000). One of the authors (SB) certifies that he, or a member of his immediate family, has or may receive payments or benefits, during the study period, an amount of less than 10,000 USD from a VU University ''Faculty Fund'', Amsterdam, the Netherlands. One of the authors (PMA) has received funding from Connell Nursing Research Scholarship (less than USD 10,000); the Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation (less than USD 10,000); the American Pain Society and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (less than USD 10,000); the Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation (less than USD 10,000); and F.D. Davis Publishers (less than USD 10,000). One of the authors (DR) certifies that he, or a member of his immediate family, has or may receive payments or benefits, during the study period from a study-specific grant from Skeletal Dynamics (USD 10,000-100,000) (Miami, FL, USA); is a consultant for Wright Medical (Memphis, TN, USA), Skeletal Dynamics, and Biomet (Warsaw, IN, USA) (less than USD 10,000); received honoraria from AO North America (Paoli, PA, USA), and AO International (less than USD 10,000); and received royalties from Wright Medical (less than USD 10,000). All ICMJE Conflict of Interest Forms for authors and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research editors and board members are on file with the publication and can be viewed on request. Each author certifies that his or her institution approved the human protocol for this investigation, that all investigations were conducted in conformity with ethical principles of research, and that informed consent for participation in the study was obtained. and then multivariate analysis, we identified factors that we...

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