Cross-sectional study of the prevalence of prescription opioids misuse in French patients with chronic non-cancer pain: An update with the French version of the POMI scale.

ABSTRACT: Public health issues related to chronic pain management and the risks of opioid misuse and abuse remain a challenge for practitioners. Data on the prevalence of disorders related to the use of prescribed opioids in patients suffering from chronic pain remains rather patchy, in particular because of the absence of a gold standard for their clinical assessment. We estimated the prevalence of prescription opioid misuse (POM), using a specific and validated opioid misuse scale (POMI-5F scale), in adults with chronic non-cancer pain. Nine-hundred-fifty-one (951) patients with opioids prescription and followed-up in pain clinics and addictology centers for chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) completed the survey interview. The results suggest that 44.4% of participants have POM, accompanied by overus

SUBMITTER: Kerckhove N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9484362 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature