Table 5.

What factors make you more likely to prescribe more or less opioids? Choose up to three (Bold indicates top three)

	Factors that make you more likely to prescribe more opioid tablets or a higher dose of opioids (n=139)	Factors that make you more likely to prescribe less opioid tablets or a lower dose of opioids (n=172)
	n (%)	n (%)
None, I always prescribe the same amount	9 (6.5)	8 (4.7)
Anticipated delay in time to follow-up	10 (7.2)	1 (0.6)
Patient lives far away	18 (12.9)	1 (0.6)
Younger	4 (2.9)	4 (2.3)
Older	N/A—not an option	40 (23.3)
Frail	N/A —not an option	42 (24.4)
Low body mass index	0 (0)	13 (7.6)
High body mass index	5 (3.6)	0 (0)
High opioid use in the hospital	45 (32.4)	1 (0.6)
History of opioid use/abuse	34 (24.5)	10 (5.8)
History of drug/alcohol abuse	4 (2.9)	13 (7.6)
History of depression/anxiety	2 (1.4)	11 (6.4)
History of other psychiatric disorders	0 (0)	9 (5.2)
Patient request	0 (0)	10 (5.8)
Other: injury pattern	4 (2.9)	N/A—not an option
Other: low opioid use in hospital	N/A—not an option	4 (2.3)
Other	4 (2.9)	5 (2.9)