Table 2.
Opioid Usage Patterns by Study Group
Variable | No Brochure (N=128, 48%)* | Brochure (N=130, 52%)* | p Value |
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Used entire opioid prescription, n (%) | 35 (27) | 40 (31) | 0.55 |
Kept excess opioid medications, n (%)† | 70 (55) | 56 (43) | 0.06 |
Disposed of excess opioid medications, n (%)† | 14 (11) | 28 (22) | 0.02 |
Total patients in each group after excluding patients with preoperative opioid use.
Nine patients in the “No Brochure” group and six patients in the “Brochure” group declined to answer what they did with excess opioid medication.