Background
There are 500 000 surgeries in Norway every year.Opioids are frequently given before, during, and after a surgical intervention. For many patients, this is their first experience with opioids.
This project will provide new and clinically valuable data on post-surgery opioid use in Norway. Additionally, it will help assess a possible risk before a patient is discharged from the hospital with painkillers for home use.
Our goal
The main goal of this project is to establish a quick and reliable clinical tool to assess patients' risk for long-lasting opioid use after surgical interventions in Norway. As a part of this project, we will also be able to estimate how prevalent long-lasting and problematic opioid use after surgery is in Norway.
Our secondary goal is to make a thorough and systematic assessment with high ecological validity investigating the acute effects of morphine, fentanyl, and oxycodone on the patient's feeling of well-being before induction of anesthesia.