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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients pre- and post-ERAS implementation

From: Enhanced recovery after surgery protocol and postoperative opioid prescribing for cesarean delivery: an interrupted time series analysis

 

Pre-ERAS

(n = 776)

Post-ERAS

(n = 1473)

P value

 

n

%

n

%

 

Age

 18–24

37

4.77%

75

5.09%

0.04

 25–34

359

46.26%

603

40.94%

 

 35–44

366

47.16%

749

50.85%

 

 >44

14

1.80%

46

3.12%

 

Race

 White

347

44.72%

677

45.96%

0.38

 Asian

180

23.20%

334

22.74%

 

 Black or African American

49

6.31%

87

5.91%

 

 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

16

2.06%

19

1.29%

 

 American Indian or Alaska Native

4

0.52%

8

0.54%

 

 Unknown

180

23.20%

348

23.56%

 

Comorbidities

 Anxiety

3

0.39%

4

0.27%

0.64

 Depression

50

6.44%

111

7.54%

0.33

 Substance use disorder

5

0.64%

13

0.88%

0.54

Opioid-free 24 h pre-discharge

163

21.01%

733

49.76%

<0.01

Discharged with opioid prescription

740

95.36%

1189

80.72%

<0.01

Daily oral morphine equivalents on discharge prescription

 >0–49

591

79.86%

338

28.45%

<0.01

 50–89

65

8.78%

119

10.02%

 

 90 or more

84

11.35%

731

61.53%

 

Proportion of discharge prescriptions that are oxycodone

126

17.03%

1148

96.55%

<0.01

Days of opioid prescription (mean, standard deviation)

5.48, 2.05

2.23, 1.95

<0.01