Opioid use disorder in chronic non-cancer pain in Germany: a cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The DSM-5 diagnosis 'opioid use disorder' (OUD) was established to better describe and detect significant impairment or distress related to opioid use. There is no data on rates of OUD in chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) in European countries. Therefore, our objective was to screen patients in specialised pain centres for signs of OUD.

Design

Cross-sectional questionnaire study.

Setting

Four outpatient pain clinics in the area of Bonn, Germany.

Participants

n=204 patients participated in the study (response rate: 87.9%). All adult patients with opioid pain therapy >6 months for CNCP were included. Excluded were patients with malignant disease, patients who could not collect their prescription themselves due to age or multimorbidity and patients on opio

SUBMITTER: Just JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6500335 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature