Cancer pain patients do not successfully handle opioids

Q3 Medicine

Journal of opioid management Pub Date : 2024-02-08 DOI:10.5055/jom.0849

Liel Kosev, Ofir Morag, Michelle Levitan, Itay Goor-Aryeh

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Abstract

Objective: To evaluate patterns of opioid handling as well as their associated variables. Design: A transversal study. Setting: Institutional care. Participants: One hundred cancer pain patients aged 18 and above at diagnosis. Interventions: Open and dichotomous questions related to opioid handling and a depression-anxiety scale. Main outcome measure(s): The percentage of patients who properly handled opioids. Results: Of those surveyed, 42.1 percent of patients reported receiving opioid storage instructions, 73 percent did not receive any instructions related to proper opioid return/disposal, and 39 percent wrongly discarded them. The mean of patients with anxiety symptoms was 6.95 and of depression symptoms was 8.19. The Hebrew Version of the Hospital and Anxiety Scale total mean was 15.1. A significant relationship among patients with poor disposal habits was also found. Conclusions: Despite being aware of opioid's danger, patients' attitudes evidenced a poor safety responsibility. We believe that this might be due to the high percentage of disinformation and the influence of psychological symptoms on patients' decision-making.

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癌症疼痛患者无法成功使用阿片类药物

目的：评估阿片类药物的处理模式及其相关变量：评估阿片类药物的处理模式及其相关变量。设计：横向研究横向研究。地点：医疗机构。参与者：100 名确诊时年龄在 18 岁及以上的癌痛患者。干预：与阿片类药物处理和抑郁焦虑量表相关的开放式和二分法问题。主要结果测量指标：正确处理阿片类药物的患者比例。结果：在接受调查的患者中，42.1%的患者表示收到了阿片类药物储存说明，73%的患者没有收到任何与正确归还/处置阿片类药物相关的说明，39%的患者错误地丢弃了阿片类药物。有焦虑症状的患者平均为 6.95 人，有抑郁症状的患者平均为 8.19 人。希伯来语版医院和焦虑量表的总平均值为 15.1。研究还发现，患者的不良丢弃习惯与此有关。结论尽管意识到阿片类药物的危险性，但患者的态度表明他们的安全责任感很差。我们认为，这可能是由于虚假信息比例较高以及心理症状对患者决策的影响。

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Journal of opioid management Medicine-Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Opioid Management deals with all aspects of opioids. From basic science, pre-clinical, clinical, abuse, compliance and addiction medicine, the journal provides and unbiased forum for researchers and clinicians to explore and manage the complexities of opioid prescription.