Identifying Prescription-Opioid-Related Risks Using Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs' Algorithms and Clinical Screening Tools.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pharmacists adopt various approaches to identifying prescription-opioid-related risks and harms, including prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) and clinical screening tools. This study aims to compare 'at-risk' patients according to the published Australian PDMP algorithms with the validated Routine Opioid Outcome Monitoring (ROOM) clinical screening tool.

Methods

Data were used from an implementation study amongst people who had been prescribed regular opioids. We examined the results from ROOM and the patients' dispensing history over the previous 90 days. A chi-squared test was used to examine the association between risk according to (i) a PDMP alert and a clinical risk per ROOM; (ii) a PDMP alert and positive screening for opioid use disorder; and (i

SUBMITTER: Picco L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10609676 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature