Table 2. Perioperative Pain Characteristics, Pain Assessment, and Opioid Consumption.

Characteristic	Control (n = 54)	POINT (n = 48)	P value
Perioperative pain characteristics and treatment
Perioperative pain treatment
Acetaminophen administered, No. (%)	44 (81.5)	42 (87.5)	.43
Acetaminophen total dosage, median (IQR), mg	1000 (1000-1319)	1000 (1000-1650)	.20
Total OMEs, median (IQR)	54.8 (30.0-88.3)	52.5 (37.9-77.8)	.61
Inpatient postoperative pain scores, median (IQR)
4-h Postoperative pain score	0 (0-3)	2 (0-4)	.11
Highest postoperative pain score	6 (4-7)	6 (3-7)	.23
Last recorded pain score before discharge	0 (0-3)	1.5 (0-4)	.17
Patient self-reported pain assessment and opioid consumption
Patients with ≥5 surveys completed, No. (%)	52 (96.3)	47 (97.9)
Opioid consumption
Tablets dispensed for the group, No.	550	230	<.001
Tablets dispensed per person, mean (SD)	10.1 (0.7)	4.8 (5.1)
Patients who took opioids, No. (%)	27 (51.9)	17 (36.2)	.16
Tablets consumed for the group, No. (% of dispensed tablets)	135.5 (24.6)	66 (28.7)
Tablets consumed per person, mean (SD)	2.6 (3.8)	1.4 (2.5)	.07
Total OMEs consumed over the week, median (IQR)	5 (0-20)	0 (0-10)	.09
Total OMEs consumed over the week for those taking opioids, median (IQR)	20 (10-34)	15 (10-30)	.49
OTC use, No. (%)
Acetaminophen	38 (73.1)	39 (83.0)	.33
Ibuprofen	11 (21.2)	18 (38.3)	.08
Naproxen	4 (7.7)	3 (6.4)	>.99
Postoperative pain scores, median (IQR)
Maximum reported pain score	6 (4-8)	6 (5-7)	.71
Daily peak pain score averaged across the week	3 (2-4)	3 (2-4)	.85
No. of patients with alert triggered for pain score ≥8, No. (%)	17 (31.5)	11 (22.9)	.27
Total number of physician-initiated telephone calls for the group triggered by survey alert, No.	28	14
No. of physician-initiated telephone calls per person, mean (SD)	0.5 (0.9)	0.3 (0.6)	.13
Refill requests, No.	1	0	NA

Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; NA, not applicable; OME, oral morphine equivalents; POINT, postoperative opt-in narcotic treatment.