Chronic pain among patients with opioid use disorder: Results from electronic health records data.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine the prevalence of comorbid chronic pain among patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) and to compare other comorbidities (substance use disorder (SUD), mental health disorders, health/disease conditions) among patients in four categories: no chronic pain (No Pain), OUD prior to pain (OUD First), OUD and pain at the same time (Same Time), or pain condition prior to OUD (Pain First).

Methods

Using an electronic health record (EHR) database from 2006-2015, the study assessed 5307 adult patients with OUD in a large healthcare system; 35.6% were No Pain, 9.7% were OUD First, 14.9% were Same Time, and 39.8% were Pain First.

Results

Most OUD patients (64.4%) had chronic pain conditions, and among them 61.8% had chronic pain before their first OUD diagnosis

SUBMITTER: Hser YI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5424616 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature