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ArticleJournal of pediatric surgery2025

Adolescent and Parent Perceptions of the American College of Surgeons Safe and Effective Pain Control Brochure.

Marjorie N Odegard, Rachel C Ceasar, Adaeze U Obinelo, Donia N Hijaz, Alvina Rosales, Sumeet K Bhanvadia, Matthew Kirkpatrick, Eugene Kim, Lorraine I Kelley-Quon

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Marjorie N OdegardDivision of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Rachel C CeasarDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Adaeze U ObineloDivision of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Donia N HijazDivision of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Alvina RosalesDivision of Pain Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Sumeet K BhanvadiaJohnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Matthew KirkpatrickDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Eugene KimDivision of Pain Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Lorraine I Kelley-QuonDivision of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: lkquon@chla.usc.edu.

Funding

Southern California Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR001855 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Thomas A Buchanan, Michele D. Kipke · 2016 to 2026
$81.3M
Mentored Career DevelopmentKL2TR001854 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Elizabeth Rhea Erwin Burner, Amy Elizabeth West · 2016 to 2026
$9.0M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR001854NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001855
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Abstract

objectiveThe American College of Surgeons Safe and Effective Pain Control After Surgery for Children and Teens brochure highlights the risks of prescription opioid use for adolescents undergoing surgery and outlines safe use, storage, and disposal principles. Understanding how diverse patient populations use this brochure will enable providers to deliver guideline-consistent opioid education. In this study, we solicited feedback about the brochure from adolescents who underwent surgery and their parents.

methodsWe recruited adolescents aged 13-20 years who underwent surgeries commonly associated with opioid prescriptions and their parents from a previous longitudinal survey-based cohort study measuring postoperative opioid use. Recruitment was balanced for race/ethnicity, health literacy, and language preference. We held four virtual focus groups that included English-speaking adolescents, adolescents who spoke Spanish at home, parents who preferred participation in English, and parents who preferred to participation in Spanish (n = 15). Qualitative thematic analysis of the groups' feedback was performed.

resultsParents desired more procedure-specific guidance on administering opioids and more explicit directions about managing medication side effects. Adolescent participants reported that the phrasing of the brochure left them feeling alienated from its content. Both groups noted that the layout was lengthy, lacked representative images, and emphasized addiction and overdose risks to the point of making them question taking opioids at all. Finally, participants expressed learning new information about safe prescription opioid storage and disposal.

conclusionsAdolescents undergoing surgery and their parents want a brief pain control brochure that contains actionable instructions regarding opioid side effects, is adolescent- and family-centered, and optimizes visual information. TYPE OF STUDY: Qualitative Focus Group. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level 5.

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Analgesics, OpioidPain ManagementPamphletsParentsPatient Education as TopicPostoperative PainAdolescentFemaleFocus GroupsHumansMaleUnited StatesYoung AdultAnalgesics, OpioidAdolescentOpioidPainPediatric surgery

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PMCPMC12170162

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