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Factors associated with prescription opioid misuse in adults aged 50 or older.
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- Understanding the characteristics and comorbidities of primary care patients with risky opioid use: Baseline data from the multi-site "Subthreshold Opioid Use Disorder Prevention" (STOP) Trial.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Trial
- Pain Management in the Older Adult with Opioid Use Disorder.Clinics in geriatric medicine · 2026Review
- Treatment Outcomes in a Specialized Opioid Maintenance Program for Prescription Opioid Use Disorder in Israel.Substance abuse and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Differences in opioid use and overdose among younger and older justice-impacted adults.Health & justice · 2025Article
- Identifying patterns of pain, depression, anxiety, interpersonal trauma exposure, and nonmedical prescription opioid use: Latent class analysis among patients with chronic pain.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Older adult drug overdose: an application of latent class analysis to identify prevention opportunities.Harm reduction journal · 2024Article
- Accidental substance-related acute toxicity deaths in older adults in 2016 and 2017: a national chart review study.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2024Article
- A Diagram of the Social-Ecological Conditions of Opioid Misuse and Overdose.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Screening the "Invisible Population" of Older Adult Patients for Prescription Pain Reliever Non-Medical Use and Use Disorders.Substance use & misuse · 2023Article
- Physicians' perception about predictors of opioid abuse in patients with chronic non-cancer pain: a Delphi study.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Disparities by Sex and Race and Ethnicity in Death Rates Due to Opioid Overdose Among Adults 55 Years or Older, 1999 to 2019.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- The relationship between patients' income and education and their access to pharmacological chronic pain management: A scoping review.Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2022Article
- Prescribed opioid use is associated with increased all-purpose emergency department visits and hospitalizations in community-dwelling older adults in the United States.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Opioid-involved prescription drug misuse and poly-prescription drug misuse in U.S. older adults.Aging & mental health · 2021Article
- Problematic Opioid Use Among Older Adults: Epidemiology, Adverse Outcomes and Treatment Considerations.Drugs & aging · 2021Review
- Prevalence and minority-stress correlates of past 12-month prescription drug misuse in a national sample of transgender and gender nonbinary adults: Results from the U.S. Transgender Survey.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
- A Scoping Review of Nursing's Contribution to the Management of Patients with Pain and Opioid Misuse.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses · 2021Article
- How Do Clinicians of Different Specialties Perceive and Use Opioid Risk Mitigation Strategies? A Qualitative Study.Substance use & misuse · 2021Article
- Changes in Social, Romantic, and General Life Satisfaction Over the Course of a Substance Use Disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Characterizing opioid use in a US population with migraine: Results from the CaMEO study.Neurology · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough prescription opioid misuse in older adults results in serious health complications, this issue has been overlooked. PURPOSE: This study aimed to describe the prevalence of prescription opioid misuse and identify factors associated with misuse in adults aged 50 years or older.
methodsThis study used a cross-sectional design with a convenience sample. One hundred and thirty patients with chronic pain aged 50 years or older, taking prescription opioids, participated in the study.
findingsApproximately 35% of the participants misused their prescription opioids. Factors associated with opioid misuse included age (younger), level of education (higher), level of depression (moderate level), alcohol use problem, illicit drug use, and a higher level of pain interference on walking ability and normal walk. Significant predictors of opioid misuse included education, illicit drug use, depression, and pain interference with normal work. DISCUSSION: Our study provided important information to health-care providers about identifying high-risk older adults.
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