Can a 30-Minute video help fight the opioid crisis after surgery?

NCT ID NCT05202080

Summary

This study is testing whether watching a 30-minute educational video before surgery can help patients use fewer opioid painkillers after hip or knee replacement. The video teaches safe medication use and pain coping techniques. Researchers are measuring how much opioid medication 220 patients use in the first 72 hours and up to six weeks after their operation.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

    Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada

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