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. 2024 Apr 12;6(4):514–518. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsg.2024.03.010

Table 3.

Proportion of Patients Who Used Opioids to Manage Pain Post-Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery Among Patients Who did and Did Not Watch the Web Tutorial

Question Watched Video (n = 25) Did Not Watch Video (n = 25) Statistical Value P value
On your first post-op day, did you take any opioids after your carpal tunnel release surgery? 3 (12) 7 (28) 3.410 .182
During post-ops days 2–6, did you take any opioids after your carpal tunnel release surgery? 2 (8) 7 (28) 6.410 .043
During post-ops days 7–14, did you take any opioids after your carpal tunnel release surgery? 0 (0) 5 (20) 5.556 .018
Do you think that you are at risk of prolonged opioid usage? 0 (0) 1 (4) 2.000 .572

Data are presented as the number of patients (percentage of patients) that reported “yes” to the question. Chi-square tests were used to assess differences between the groups.