Postpartum Analgesia in New Mothers (PAIN) Study: A Survey of Canadian Obstetricians’ Post-Delivery Opioid-Prescribing Practices

Objective We aimed to describe opioid prescribing practices after obstetric delivery and to evaluate how these practices compare with national opioid prescribing guidelines. Methods A closed survey was developed, evaluated for validity and reliability, and distributed by email to obstetrician members of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) in December 2018. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize respondent...