The purpose of the study is to test a research prescription bottle that will monitor the physical environment inside the bottle.
The purpose of the study is to test a research prescription bottle that will monitor the physical environment inside the bottle. The participant will be asked to keep the medication in the bottle and to remove each pill immediately before taking it. The participant will not store medications in pill organizers, other pill bottles, pockets, purses, etc. The participant will keep a record of when the participant removes a pill from the bottle and takes it. Certain aspects of this study will be withheld from the participant to preserve the integrity of the study. This information will be revealed at the conclusion of the study.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
96
The purpose of the study is to test a research prescription bottle that will monitor the physical environment inside the bottle.
This will test if the research bottle changes behavior relative to the research bottle
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas, United States
total medication dose
pain medication dose (mg)
Time frame: day 90
total Pain scale
On a scale of 0-10 where 0 is no pain and 10 is the worst pain ever felt.
Time frame: day 90
total nausea scale
On a scale of 0-3 where 0=no nausea, 1= mild, 2= moderate, and 3= severe
Time frame: day 90
total vomiting scale
On a scale of 0-3 where 0=no vomiting, 1= mild, 2= moderate, and 3= severe
Time frame: day 90
total sedation scale
On a scale of 0-3 where 0=no sedation, 1= mild, 2= moderate, and 3= severe
Time frame: day 90
total bowel movements
number of bowel movements (whole number)
Time frame: day 90
total type of bowel movement
choose one of the following: hard, soft, loose
Time frame: day 90
overall satisfaction with pain control
0-10 scale where 0 is dissatisfied and 10 is very satisfied
Time frame: day 90
opioid related behavior in treatment questionnaire
Measures opioid misuse score (number 0-40) where 0-10 is low misuse, 11-30 is moderate misuse and 31-40 is high misuse
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Time frame: day 90
prescribed opioids difficulty scale
measures opioid management score (number 0-32) where 0-10 is low difficulty, 11-21 is moderate difficulty and 22-32 is high levels of difficulty
Time frame: day 90
Barretts impulsivity questionnaire
Measures impulsivity behavior core (number 0-120) where 0-40 is low levels of impulsivity, 41-80 is moderate levels of impulsivity, and 81-120 is high levels of impulsivity
Time frame: day 90