Opioid prescribing practices prior to elective foot and ankle surgery: a population-based evaluation using health administrative data from a tertiary hospital in Canada

Table 2 Community-Based Opioid Dispensing Before and After Elective Foot and Ankle Surgery

Preoperative Community-Based Opioid Use	Preoperative Classification			P-value
Preoperative Community-Based Opioid Use	Opioid Naive (n = 55)	Intermittent Opioid Users (n = 26)	Long-term Opioid Users (n = 19)	P-value
Mean MED (range)	0	10.9 (0.2, 110.3)	115.6 (3.3, 608.0)	< 0.001
Mean Days of Opioid Use in past 180 days, (range)	0	28.5 (4, 101)	147.3 (100, 183)	< 0.001
Opioid Prescriber, n (%)
Family Physician	0	17 (65.4)	18 (94.7)	0.06
Orthopedic Surgeon	0	4 (15.3)	0 (0.0)
Not Indicated	0	5 (19.2)	1 (5.3)
Postoperative Community-Based Opioid Use	Postoperative Classification			P-value
Postoperative Community-Based Opioid Use	No Opioid Use Post Discharge (n = 13)	Intermittent Opioid Users (n = 72)	Long-term Opioid Users (n = 15)	P-value
Mean MED (range)	0	6.1 (0.75, 84)	153.5 (3.9, 448)	< 0.001
Mean Days of Opioid Use 180 days post-surgery (range)	0	13.7 (2, 90)	49.7 (30, 100)	< 0.001
Opioid Prescriber, n (%)
Family Physician	0	44 (61.1)	13 (86.7)	0.065
Orthopedic Surgeon	0	20 (27.8)	0 (0.0)
Not indicated	0	8 (11.1)	2 (13.3)

T-test or Wilcoxon ranks sum test was used for Age and BMI (continuous), and Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test was used for categorical covariate as appropriate

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