CARES for Kids Video Script

[Introduction to Study]
Meet Maria. 
She is going to have surgery soon. 
She wants to get better after surgery with as little pain as possible.
But she worries that her pain medication may have side effects. 
Fortunately, doctors know of two very helpful ways to treat pain after surgery. 
But doctors do not know which way works the best or has the fewest side effects. 
Enter CARES for Kids, a study that compares two effective and commonly used ways to treat pain after surgery.
CARES for Kids will help people like Maria, her family, and doctors know which way treats pain the best. 

[What is participation in the study like?]
If you join CARES for Kids, you will receive one of two types of pain medication for home after surgery. 
One group will get pain relievers like acetaminophen and NSAIDs.
The other group will get the same, plus a small amount of an opioid.
We will ask you to complete surveys on a smartphone.
Surveys take place the week before surgery, after surgery every day for two weeks, 
Then at 1 month, and every 3 months for one year. 
A survey may take less than a minute or over 10 minutes.
We will also gather necessary information from your medical records.

[Closing/Potential risks]
In CARES for Kids, it is very important to us that your pain is well controlled.
The main risk of the study is the need to ask for another prescription for pain medicine.
You can get more pain medicine even if you join the study. But needing extra is unlikely.
We have steps in place to help you manage pain.
First, we already know both ways work well to manage pain. Doctors use both ways for patients not in this study.
Second, both ways include options other than opioids, such as acetaminophen and ibuprofen.
Back to Maria. 
By joining CARES for Kids, she helped her family and doctors know which way treats pain the best after surgery.