Interventions for physician prescribers of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain: protocol for an overview of systematic reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Interventions targeting behaviours of physician prescribers of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain have been introduced to combat the opioid crisis. Systematic reviews have evaluated effects of specific interventions (eg, prescriber education, prescription drug monitoring programmes) on patient and population health outcomes and prescriber behaviour. Integration of findings across intervention types is needed to better understand the effects of prescriber-targeted interventions.

Methods and analysis

We will conduct an overview of systematic reviews. Eligible systematic reviews will include primary studies that evaluated any intervention targeting the behaviours of physician prescribers of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain in an outpatient or mixed setting, com

SUBMITTER: Wennberg E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8971769 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature