The interaction of depression and prior opioid use on pain and opioid requirements after total joint arthroplasty
Background: Preoperative opioid use causes increased pain and opioid requirements after total joint arthroplasty (TJA), but the effect of depression on this relationship is not well defined. Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of primary TJA patients using an institutional database. Demogra...
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| author | William Rubenstein, MD Trevor Grace, MD Rhiannon Croci, BSN, RN-BC Derek Ward, MD |
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| description | Background: Preoperative opioid use causes increased pain and opioid requirements after total joint arthroplasty (TJA), but the effect of depression on this relationship is not well defined. Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of primary TJA patients using an institutional database. Demographic variables, inpatient opioid requirements, and discharge prescription quantities were collected and compared between patients with and without a prior diagnosis of depression in both the prior opioid-using and nonusing cohorts. Results: Four hundred and three patients were analyzed between August 1, 2016, and July 31, 2017. Among prior opioid users, patients with depression experienced higher inpatient pain levels (4 vs 3; P = .001), required more inpatient opioids (117 oral morphine equivalents [OMEs] vs 70 OMEs; P = .022), were prescribed more opioids at discharge (1163 OMEs vs 750 OMEs; P = .02), and required more long-term opioid refills (57.7% vs 15.4%; P < .001) than patients without depression. However, depression was not associated with increased pain, opioid requirements, prescription quantities, or refill rates among opioid-naive patients. Conclusions: Depression is not associated with increased pain or opioid requirements among opioid-naive patients after TJA but is associated with significantly higher pain and opioid requirements among patients who use opioids preoperatively. The interaction of these variables may highlight a target for preoperative counseling and risk modification in the arthroplasty population. Keywords: Opioid epidemic, Joint replacement, Total knee arthroplasty, Total hip arthroplasty, Opioid prescription, Pain management |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2710d75206db4264a36f0e19c08724b62022-12-21T22:44:59ZengElsevierArthroplasty Today2352-34412018-12-0144464469The interaction of depression and prior opioid use on pain and opioid requirements after total joint arthroplastyWilliam Rubenstein, MD0Trevor Grace, MD1Rhiannon Croci, BSN, RN-BC2Derek Ward, MD3Corresponding author. 500 Parnassus Avenue, MU 320 West, Room W314, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. Tel.: +1 617 257 3031.; Department of Orthopedics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USADepartment of Orthopedics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USADepartment of Orthopedics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USADepartment of Orthopedics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USABackground: Preoperative opioid use causes increased pain and opioid requirements after total joint arthroplasty (TJA), but the effect of depression on this relationship is not well defined. Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of primary TJA patients using an institutional database. Demographic variables, inpatient opioid requirements, and discharge prescription quantities were collected and compared between patients with and without a prior diagnosis of depression in both the prior opioid-using and nonusing cohorts. Results: Four hundred and three patients were analyzed between August 1, 2016, and July 31, 2017. Among prior opioid users, patients with depression experienced higher inpatient pain levels (4 vs 3; P = .001), required more inpatient opioids (117 oral morphine equivalents [OMEs] vs 70 OMEs; P = .022), were prescribed more opioids at discharge (1163 OMEs vs 750 OMEs; P = .02), and required more long-term opioid refills (57.7% vs 15.4%; P < .001) than patients without depression. However, depression was not associated with increased pain, opioid requirements, prescription quantities, or refill rates among opioid-naive patients. Conclusions: Depression is not associated with increased pain or opioid requirements among opioid-naive patients after TJA but is associated with significantly higher pain and opioid requirements among patients who use opioids preoperatively. The interaction of these variables may highlight a target for preoperative counseling and risk modification in the arthroplasty population. Keywords: Opioid epidemic, Joint replacement, Total knee arthroplasty, Total hip arthroplasty, Opioid prescription, Pain managementhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344118300712 |
| spellingShingle | William Rubenstein, MD Trevor Grace, MD Rhiannon Croci, BSN, RN-BC Derek Ward, MD The interaction of depression and prior opioid use on pain and opioid requirements after total joint arthroplasty Arthroplasty Today |
| title | The interaction of depression and prior opioid use on pain and opioid requirements after total joint arthroplasty |
| title_full | The interaction of depression and prior opioid use on pain and opioid requirements after total joint arthroplasty |
| title_fullStr | The interaction of depression and prior opioid use on pain and opioid requirements after total joint arthroplasty |
| title_full_unstemmed | The interaction of depression and prior opioid use on pain and opioid requirements after total joint arthroplasty |
| title_short | The interaction of depression and prior opioid use on pain and opioid requirements after total joint arthroplasty |
| title_sort | interaction of depression and prior opioid use on pain and opioid requirements after total joint arthroplasty |
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