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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2020 Jan;271(1):86–93. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003434

TABLE 2.

Opioid- and pain-related outcomes survey.

1 Did you fill the opioid prescription that was given to you after surgery?
2 How many pills did you use?
3 For how many days did you take pills?
4 Are you still taking the medication?
5 How many leftover pills you have?
6 If you still have leftover pills, where do you store it?
7 If you disposed of the leftover pills, how did you dispose of them?
8 Did you need to refill the prescription you were given after surgery?
9 Did you take any pain medications other than what your doctor gave you after surgery? This includes over the counter medications such as Motrin (generic name: ibuprofen) and Tylenol (generic name: acetaminophen).
10 Do you feel like you had enough pain medication?
11 On a scale of 0 to 10 (0 being no pain, 10 being the worst pain imaginable), what was your average overall pain score in the week following your surgery?