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ArticleBritish journal of pain2024

Acceptability of a proposed practice pharmacist-led review for opioid-treated patients with persistent pain: A qualitative study to inform intervention development.

Nicola Cornwall, Charlotte Woodcock, Julie Ashworth, Sarah A Harrisson, Lisa Dikomitis, Simon White, Toby Helliwell, Eleanor Hodgson, Roger Knaggs, Tamar Pincus and 4 more

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Article in British journal of pain, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Stakeholder Involvement in the Development of a New Proactive Clinical Review of Patients Prescribed Opioid Medicines Long-Term for Persistent Pain in Primary Care.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Nicola CornwallSchool of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2207-859X
Charlotte WoodcockSchool of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1388-7857
Julie AshworthSchool of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8978-335X
Sarah A HarrissonSchool of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1304-3443
Lisa DikomitisCentre for Health Services Studies and Kent and Medway Medical School, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5752-3270
Simon WhiteSchool of Pharmacy and Bioengineering, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, UK.
Toby HelliwellSchool of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK.
Eleanor HodgsonLeek Health Centre, Leek, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4887-6214
Roger KnaggsDivision of Pharmacy Practice and Policy, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1646-8321
Tamar PincusDepartment of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Miriam SanterPrimary Care Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7264-5260
Christian D MallenSchool of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK.
Clare JinksSchool of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3407-2446
PROMPPT team

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Regular review of patients prescribed opioids for persistent non-cancer pain (PCNP) is recommended but not routinely undertaken. The PROMPPT ( Methods: Interviews ( Results: Patients felt uncertain about practice pharmacists delivering the proposed PROMPPT review leading to development of content for the invitation letter for IPT (introducing the pharmacist and outlining the aim of the review). After IPT, patients felt that pharmacists were suited to the role as they were knowledgeable and qualified. Pharmacists felt that the proposed reviews would be challenging. Although challenges were experienced during delivery of PROMPPT reviews, pharmacists found that they became easier to deliver with time, practise and experience. Recommendations for optimisations after IPT included development of the training to include examples of challenging consultations. Conclusions: Uptake of new healthcare interventions is influenced by perceptions of acceptability. Exploring prospective and experienced acceptability at multiple time points during early intervention development, led to mini-optimisations of the prototype PROMPPT review ahead of a non-randomised feasibility study.

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acceptabilityChronic painopioidspain managementpharmacistsprimary care

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PMID38751561
PMCPMC11092934

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