ArticleSchmerz (Berlin, Germany)2008
[Transdermal and oral opioids for outpatient pain therapy. Comparing patients' characteristics by a claims data analysis].
Article in Schmerz (Berlin, Germany), 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Opioid prescription patterns in Germany and the global opioid epidemic: Systematic review of available evidence.PloS one · 2019Pooled it
- [Opioids in chronic noncancer pain-are opioids different? A systematic review and meta-analysis of efficacy, tolerability and safety in randomized head-to-head comparisons of opioids of at least four week's duration].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2015Pooled it
- [Prescription of high-potency opioids in 2011].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2012Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Opioid prescriptions have increased in Germany in recent years. The usage of transdermal therapeutic systems has substantially driven this growth. The analysis was based on claims data of a German statutory health insurance (2001-2003). Statistical analysis applied univariate comparisons (exploratively only) as well as a multivariate logistic regression models. Patients in the transdermal group were older and the percentage of women was higher than in the oral group. Patients in the transdermal group received their opioids significantly more often from a GP. They had significantly less prescriptions for laxatives and antidepressants. The patients in both groups differed significantly with regard to a number of characteristics. The results indicate that GPs prefer transdermal opioids if prescribing strong-acting opioids.
Indexed as
Identifiers
17885771What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.