Outpatient prescribing of opioids to adults diagnosed with mental disorders in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adults with mood and anxiety disorders have an increased likelihood of being prescribed opioids. The influence of other mental disorders, such as psychotic and attention disorders, on opioid prescribing patterns is less known.

Methods

We studied a population-representative sample of 166,927 outpatient visits for adults with painful conditions from the 2002-2016 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and the 2002-2011 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Logistic regression analyses examined the likelihood of opioid prescription among visits with specific mental disorder diagnoses (anxiety, attention, mood, psychotic, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), opioid use, and non-opioid substance use), adjusted for covariates and weighted for the complex

SUBMITTER: Taylor MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8140618 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature