ArticlePain management2014
Self-management of pain among people who inject drugs in Vancouver.
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35 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Dental Pain in Homeless Adults in Porto Alegre, Brazil.International dental journal · 2021Article
- Pain and Barriers to Accessing Health Services Among People Who Use Drugs.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses · 2021Article
- "It's Helped Me a Lot, Just Like to Stay Alive": a Qualitative Analysis of Outcomes of a Novel Hydromorphone Tablet Distribution Program in Vancouver, Canada.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2021Article
- Factors Associated with Gabapentin Misuse among People Who Inject Drugs in Appalachian Kentucky.Substance use & misuse · 2020Article
- Frequency of cannabis and illicit opioid use among people who use drugs and report chronic pain: A longitudinal analysis.PLoS medicine · 2019Observational
- A Neurobehavioral Approach to Addiction: Implications for the Opioid Epidemic and the Psychology of Addiction.Psychological science in the public interest : a journal of the American Psychological Society · 2019Review
- A gender-based analysis of nonmedical prescription opioid use among people who use illicit drugs.Addictive behaviors · 2019Article
- The relationship between childhood emotional abuse and chronic pain among people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada.Child abuse & neglect · 2019Article
- An age-based analysis of nonmedical prescription opioid use among people who use illegal drugs in Vancouver, Canada.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2018Article
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Abstract
aimsTo evaluate factors and methods associated with self-management of pain among people who inject drugs (IDUs) in Vancouver (Canada). PATIENTS &
methodsThis cross-sectional study used bivariate statistics and multivariate logistic regression to analyze self-reported responses among 483 IDUs reporting moderate-to-extreme pain in two prospective cohort studies from 1 December 2012 to 31 May 2013.
resultsMedian age was 49.6 years (interquartile range: 43.9-54.6 years), 33.1% of IDUs were female and 97.5% reported self-management of pain. Variables independently and positively associated with self-managed pain included having been refused a prescription for pain medication (adjusted odds ratio: 7.83; 95% CI: 1.64-37.3) and having ever been homeless (adjusted odds ratio: 3.70; 95% CI: 1.00-13.7). Common methods of self-management of pain included injecting heroin (52.7%) and obtaining diverted prescription pain medication from the street (65.0%).
conclusionSelf-management of pain was common among IDUs who reported moderate-to-extreme pain in this setting, particularly among those who had been refused a prescription for pain medication and those who had ever been homeless. These data highlight the challenges of adequate pain management among IDUs.
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