A Brief Screening Tool for Risk of Self-Medication of Pain With Substance Use.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Substance use and pain are both growing public health concerns globally. Evidence suggests that individuals may use substances in order to self-medicate their pain. The Catastrophizing, Anxiety, Negative Urgency, and Expectancy model was developed to provide a theoretical foundation for the modifiable risk factors implicated in self-medication of pain with substance use. This study aimed to use the outcomes in the Catastrophizing, Anxiety, Negative Urgency, and Expectancy model to develop a brief clinical screening tool to identify individuals at risk for self-medication.

Methods

Participants (N = 520; M age = 38.8) were adults who endorsed the past three-month use of at least one substance and completed an online questionnaire. Logistic regression and receiver op

SUBMITTER: Bush NJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11150098 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May-Jun 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature