Attitudinal Barriers to Analgesic Use among Patients with Substance Use Disorders

Attitudinal barriers towards analgesic use among primary care patients with chronic pain and substance use disorders (SUDs) are not well understood. We evaluated the prevalence of moderate to significant attitudinal barriers to analgesic use among 597 primary care patients with chronic pain and curr...

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Published in:Pain Research and Treatment 2012-01, Vol.2012 (2012), p.99-105
Main Authors: Saitz, Richard, Zallman, Leah, Liebschutz, Jane, Lloyd-Travaglini, Christine, Samet, Jeffrey H., Rubens, Sonia L.
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Language:English
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Summary:Attitudinal barriers towards analgesic use among primary care patients with chronic pain and substance use disorders (SUDs) are not well understood. We evaluated the prevalence of moderate to significant attitudinal barriers to analgesic use among 597 primary care patients with chronic pain and current analgesic use with 3 subscales from the Barriers Questionaire II: concern about side effects, fear of addiction, and worry about reporting pain to physicians. Concern about side effects was a greater barrier for those with opioid use disorders (OUDs) and non-opioid SUDs than for those with no SUD (OR (95% CI): 2.30 (1.44–3.68), P
ISSN:2090-1542
2090-1550
DOI:10.1155/2012/167062