ArticlePain research & management2017
Opioid Prescribing Practices and Training Needs of Québec Family Physicians for Chronic Noncancer Pain.
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- A Scoping Review of Gaps Identified by Primary Care Providers in Caring for Patients with Chronic Noncancer Pain.Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2023Article
- Prevalence of opioid prescriptions in Taiwan (2008-2018).Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA · 2022Article
- Influence of Primary Care Provider Type on Chronic Pain Management Among Veterans.Journal of nursing regulation · 2022Article
- Transitional Pain Care in Quebec: Did We Forget Our Youths? A Brief Research Report.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Oxford Catalogue of Opioids: A systematic synthesis of opioid drug names and their pharmacology.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2021Article
- Patterns, trends and determinants of medical opioid utilization in Canada 2005-2020: characterizing an era of intensive rise and fall.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2021Article
- Not All Pain is Created Equal: Basic Definitions and Diagnostic Work-Up.Pain and therapy · 2020Article
- Opioids Use and Abuse: Prescription Practice, Attitude, and Beliefs among Doctors of Karachi.Cureus · 2019Article
- Understanding the behavioural determinants of opioid prescribing among family physicians: a qualitative study.BMC family practice · 2019Article
- Healthcare provider knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and practices surrounding the prescription of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain in North America: protocol for a mixed-method systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2018Article
- Opioid prescribing and dispensing: Experiences and perspectives from a survey of community pharmacists practising in the province of Quebec.Canadian pharmacists journal : CPJ = Revue des pharmaciens du Canada : RPCArticle
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Abstract
aimTo examine medical practices and training needs of Québec family physicians with respect to pain management and opioid prescription for chronic noncancer pain (CNCP). METHODOLOGY: An online survey was carried out in 2016.
resultsOf 636 respondents (43.0% men; 54.3% ≥ 50 years old), 15.2% and 70.9% felt very or somewhat confident that they could properly prescribe opioids for CNCP. Concerns related to abuse (72.5% strongly/somewhat agree), dependence (73.2%), and lack of support (75.4%) were the main barriers reported. Only 19.7% always/often screened their patients for risks of abuse and dependence using a screening tool. About two-thirds of participants (65.7%) had recently (last five years) taken part in continuing education programs on opioid use for CNCP and 73.4% on CNCP management. Patient evaluation and differential diagnoses of chronic pain syndromes were rated as a top priority for further training.
conclusionsThis study provides insights into Québec family physicians' concerns, practices, and needs with respect to the management of CNCP. Physicians' difficulties around the application of strategies to mitigate the problem of opioid abuse and addiction are worrying. The need to better train physicians in the field of pain and addiction cannot be emphasized enough.
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