Patient motivators to use opioids for acute pain after emergency care.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patients are stakeholders in their own pain management. Factors motivating individuals to seek or use opioids therapeutically for treatment of acute pain are not well characterized but could be targeted to reduce incident iatrogenic opioid use disorder (OUD). Emergency departments (EDs) commonly encounter patients in acute pain for whom decisions regarding opioid therapy are required. Decision-making is necessarily challenged in episodic, unscheduled care settings given time pressure, limited information, and lack of pre-existing patient provider relationship. Patients may decline to take prescribed opioids or conversely seek opioids from other providers or non-medical sources.

Methods

Using a framework analysis approach, we qualitatively analyzed transcripts fr

SUBMITTER: Punches BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10560756 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature