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Table 2 Eligibility criteria

From: The effect of a Life Care Specialist on pain management and opioid-related outcomes among patients with orthopedic trauma: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

• Male and female patients 18 years of age or older

• Orthopedic trauma patients with an isolated injury requiring surgery

• Informed consent obtained

• Working cell phone

• Enrolled in a study that does not permit co-enrollment

• Unlikely to comply with the follow-up schedule

• Unable to converse, read or write English at elementary school level

• Unlikely to complete surveys at home, access to phone

• Incarcerated

• Pregnant