Study to assess the need and type of pain killers analgesics prescribed at discharge for patients undergoing cancer surgery.

Not yet recruiting

Brief Summary: After taking approval from Institutional ethics committee, 30 patients from each DMG (Thoracic, Gastrointestinal, Gynecology, Urology, Bone and soft tissue, Breast, and Head neck surgeries), and a total of 210 consecutive patients who are discharged within 96 hours of major surgery will be enrolled in the study after taking valid informed consent.

Based on the feedback from surgeons, patients planned for discharge within 96 hours will be consented. After consent, patient will be given hard copy of BPI and the scale will be explained to them. The analgesics on discharge card will be noted. If the patients are asked to follow-up with in a week, then at first follow up or else telephonically, the pain assessment based on BPI will be done. In case patient has severe pain not being controlled by analgesic advised then a follow-up with the unit and if needed pain clinic will be advised.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

All adult patients upto 80 years following major oncology surgery with discharge within 96 hours of surgery will be included.

Exclusion Criteria

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Total number of patients in moderate -severe pain a week after discharge from the hospital following major onco surgeries, assessed by analysing the severity of average pain recorded in the short form of Brief Pain Inventory ( BPI)	a week after discharge from the hospital

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1.Number of patients (in percentage) advised round the clock analgesics at discharge, since evaluation will be done at end of a week – this assessment will be recorded for the first 2 days	2.The pattern of analgesic prescribed as number of analgesics from different sub types- opioid, PCM, NSAIDS, adjutants
5.Number of patients who did not take medications as advised	6.Number of patients who needed additional analgesics than prescribed in first week of surgery. The source of additional analgesics will also be noted as local doctor/ local dispensary /medications left over from previous prescriptions.

Locations (1): Tata Memorial Hospital
🇮🇳
Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA, India
Tata Memorial Hospital
🇮🇳Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA, India
Dr Sumitra G Bakshi
Principal investigator
02224177058
sumitrabakshi@yahoo.in