Patient Satisfaction and Refill Rates After Decreasing Opioids Prescribed for Urogynecologic Surgery

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of implementing a multimodal, opioid-sparing analgesia regimen on opioid use, patient satisfaction, and refill rates. Materials and Methods This was a retrospective observational study of female patients undergoing urogynecologic surgery at an academic center from 2017 to 2019, before and after introduction of an opioid-sparing multimodal regimen protocol advocating for standing ibuprofen and acetaminophen. Demographic information, opioid prescription details (oral morphine equivalent [OME]), and refill rate data were collected from the chart. Postoperative opioid use and satisfaction score (for the after group using Likert scale) was obtained by telephone survey. t Test was used to compare continuous variables, and χ2/Fischer exact test was used to compare categorical variables. Results Two hundred ninety-two patients were eligible and contacted. One hundred one patients responded before protocol implementation and 102 responded after protocol implementation. The median number of tablets prescribed was 14.5 (108.5 OME; IQR, 10) and 10 (75 OME; IQR, 5; P
Source: Journal of Pelvic Medicine and Surgery - Category: Surgery Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research